All Tribunals Under One Ministry?
FOLLOWING the Supreme Court judgement in 1997, inter-ministerial consultations have been held on the subject of bringing all the tribunals/ appellate tribunals under one Ministry i.e., Ministry of Law and Justice. But the consensus to bring all the tribunals under one Ministry has remained elusive. As per information available, 62 tribunals have been established in the country, including 2 in the Ministry of Law and Justice. Law Minister Salman Khurshid informed this to the Rajya Sabha yesterday.
When CEGAT was started three decades ago, it was supposed to be transferred to the Law Ministry, which has not happened so far.