In a significant push for institutional reform, the Supreme Court has directed the Union Government to constitute a National Tribunals Commission (NTC) within four months, underscoring that the executive has a constitutional obligation to set up the body as repeatedly mandated in earlier judgments.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran passed the direction in the Madras Bar Association case , in which it struck down the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021 .

It may be noted that in 2020, in the earlier Madras Bar Association case , in which the Tribunal Rules of 2020 were struck down, the Court had directed the Centre to set up a National Tribunal Commission. The Commission was supposed to act as an independent body to supervise the appointment

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