Fill up empty tribunal posts, SC tells government

NEW DELHI: Observing that some of the tribunals are in “pathetic” condition and not able to discharge their functions due to a large number of vacancies, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to take immediate steps for fresh appointments.
A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S Ravindra Bhat asked the government to appoint members without specifying their tenure after attorney general K K Venugopal said the delay was because of contrast between the apex court ruling and ordinance brought by the Centre on tenure of members.