New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday extended by three months the tenure of chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) which is scheduled to end on April 20, and questioned the Centre on as to why the members of the tribunal have not been appointed since October 2019.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, hearing the matter via video conferencing, asked the Centre as to how the tribunal would function like this since only the chairperson is there and his tenure would come to an end on April 20.
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Observing that tribunals are alternatives to judicial system, the apex court asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta about how the TDSAT would function without sitting members.
"Only the chairperson is there and his tenure ends on April 20. How can the tribunal function like this," the bench said.