The Centre has changed rules for appointment and termination in the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which will allow the Central Government to gain influence in selections, qualification and tenures of selection committee members as well as panel-members.
The “Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and other Authorities (Qualifications, Experience and other Conditions of Service of Members) Rules, 2017" or simply tribunal rules, have introduced changes in two significant aspects. One, they change the composition of the selection committee that assists the government in making appointments to the NGT. Then, there are changes in the criteria for qualification, composition and removal of chairpersons, judicial members and expert members of the NGT.
The Centre has introduced these changes through the Finance Act 2017—a money bill that allowed the Lok Sabha to reject some crucial suggestions given by the Rajya Sabha contradicting these provisions. Sections 183 and 184 of the Act ensure that appointment of NGT members and its selection committee will be controlled by the provisions of this legislation. Using this, the Centre has issued the new tribunal rules.
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Centre’s new tribunal rules likely to change NGT compositionfor appointment and termination in the NGT, which grant more say to the executive while reducing the influence of the judiciary NEXT NEWS ❯ By Ikshaku Bezbaroa Last Updated: Friday 14 July 2017 <span>The Centre has changed rules for appointment and termination in the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which will allow the Central Government to gain influence in selections, qualification and tenures of selection committee members as well as panel-members. The “Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and other Authorities (Qualifications, Experience and other Conditions of Service of Members) Rules, 2017" or simply tribunal rules, have introduced changes in two significant aspects. One, they change the composition of the selection committee that assists the government in making appointments to the NGT. Then, there are changes in the criteria for qualification, composition and removal of chairpersons, judicial members and expert members of the NGT. The Centre has introduced these changes through the Finance Act 2017—a money bill that allowed the Lok Sabha to reject some crucial suggestions given by the Rajya Sabha contradicting these provisions. Sections 183 and 184 of the Act ensure that appointment of NGT members and its selection committee will be controlled by the provisions of this legislation. Using this, the Centre has issued the new tribunal rules. Centre to nominate majority selection committee members The selection committee, largely responsible for appointing members to the tribunal, comprises of judicial and executive members. Summary
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