23 June ; Government on Monday approved the appointment of eight judicial and 15 administrative members in the Armed Forces Tribunal for four years for dispensing cost effective and speedy justice to the armed forces personnel.
About 9,000 cases, currently pending in various High courts across the country, will be transferred to the tribunal.The appointments have been made for the principal and various regional benches of the tribunal.
President Pratibha Patil is expected to inaugurate the tribunal by end of August this year.The appointed members will serve for a period of four years or till the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier and will be in the pay bracket of Rs 26,000 as per the Fifth Pay Commission.
The judicial members of the tribunal include serving Justices Janardan Sahai, Manak Lall Mohta and Bhanwaroo Khan.The tribunal has five retired Justices including A C Arumugaperumal Adityan, Anwar Ahmad, K Padmanabhan Nair, Shailendra Shanker and Ghanshyam Prasad.
All the 15 administrative members in the tribunal are retired officers from the armed forces including 13 from the Army and two from the Navy.Interestingly, the Indian Air Force has not been given any representation in the tribunal.
The Union Cabinet had given its approval for the creation of 31 posts for the Armed Forces Tribunal on 24th June last year, paving the way for the creation of the independent adjudicating forum.
By : News Team
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