Companies Act, 2013
419.
Benches
of Tribunal.
1. There shall be
constituted such number of Benches of the Tribunal, as may, by notification, be
specified by the Central Government.
2. The Principal Bench
of the Tribunal shall be at New Delhi which shall be presided over by the President
of the Tribunal.
3. The powers of the
Tribunal shall be exercisable by Benches consisting of two Members out of whom
one shall be a Judicial Member and the other shall be a Technical Member:
Provided
that it shall be competent for the Members of the Tribunal authorised in this
behalf to function as a Bench consisting of a single Judicial Member and
exercise the powers of the Tribunal in respect of such class of cases or such
matters pertaining to such class of cases, as the President may, by general or
special order, specify:
Provided
further that if at any stage of the hearing of any such case or matter, it
appears to the Member that the case or matter is of such a nature that it ought
to be heard by a Bench consisting of two Members, the case or matter may be
transferred by the President, or, as the case may be, referred to him for
transfer, to such Bench as the President may deem fit.
1.
2.
3.
4. The President shall,
for the disposal of any case relating to rehabilitation, restructuring,
reviving or winding up, of companies, constitute one or more Special Benches
consisting of three or more Members, majority necessarily being of Judicial
Members.
5. If the Members of a
Bench differ in opinion on any point or points, it shall be decided according
to the majority, if there is a majority, but if the Members are equally
divided, they shall state the point or points on which they differ, and the
case shall be referred by the President for hearing on such point or points by
one or more of the other Members of the Tribunal and such point or points shall
be decided according to the opinion of the majority of Members who have heard
the case, including those who first heard it.