Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007
5. Composition of
Tribunal and Benches thereof
1.
The
Tribunal shall consist of a Chairperson, and such number of Judicial and
Administrative Members as the Central Government may deem fit and, subject to
the other provisions of this Act, the jurisdiction, powers and authority of the
Tribunal may be exercised by Benches thereof.
2.
Subject
to the other provisions of this Act, a Bench shall consist of one Judicial
Member and one Administrative Member.
3.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (1), the Chairperson-
a. may, in addition to
discharging the functions of a Judicial Member of the Bench to which he is
appointed, discharge the functions of an Administrative Member of any other
Bench;
b. may transfer a Member
from one Bench to another Bench;
c. may, for the purpose
of securing that any case or cases, which having regard to the nature of the
questions involved, requires or require, in his opinion, or under the rules
made under this Act, to be decided by a Bench composed of more than two
members, issue such general or special orders, as he may deem fit:
Provided that every
Bench constituted in pursuance of this clause shall include at least one
Judicial Member and one Administrative Member.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Subject
to the other provisions of this Act, the Benches of the Tribunal shall
ordinarily sit at Delhi (which shall be known as the Principal Bench), and at
such other places as the Central Government may, by notification, specify.