Abolish Tribunals If You Can’t Give Amenities To Members: Sc To Centre

The Supreme Court on Tuesday attributed the disinclination of former high court judges in taking up post retirement roles in tribunals to the lack of amenities and remarked all such quasi-judicial bodies should be abolished if the Government was unable to mitigate the situation.

- Press Trust Of India

A bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan flagged the lack of proper facilities as the reason behind the retired judges feeling discouraged.

The apex court said if the Centre couldn't provide the facilities, then it should abolish all the tribunals and send all matters to high courts.

“Why are they applying and appearing for the interview and then not taking charge? One of the reasons is, they then get the reality of it, what it is to be a tribunal member. Some of them, if they are chairpersons, they were former chief justices of high courts, or former judges of the Supreme Court. No facility whatsoever is provided to them. Even for stationary they have to go on requesting. How are you treating the tribunals? The fault lies with you (union). You have created the tribunals,” the court said.