Electricity Act, 2003
112. Composition of
Appellate Tribunal.-
1.
The
Appellate Tribunal shall consist of a Chairperson and three other Members.
2.
Subject
to the provisions of this Act,--
a. the jurisdiction of
the Appellate Tribunal may be exercised by Benches thereof;
b. a Bench may be
constituted by the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal with two or more
Members of the Appellate Tribunal as the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal
may deem fit:
Provided
that
every Bench constituted under this clause shall include at least one Judicial
Member and one Technical Member;
a.
b.
c. the Benches of the
Appellate Tribunal shall ordinarily sit at Delhi and such other places as the
Central Government may, in consultation with the Chairperson of the Appellate
Tribunal, notify;
d. the Central
Government shall notify the areas in relation to which each Bench of the
Appellate Tribunal may exercise jurisdiction.
1.
2.
3.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (2), the Chairperson of the Appellate
Tribunal may transfer a Member of the Appellate Tribunal from one Bench to
another Bench.
Explanation:- For the purposes of
this Chapter,--
i.
"Judicial
Member" means a Member of the Appellate Tribunal appointed as such under
sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 113, and includes
the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal;
ii.
"Technical
Member" means a Member of the Appellate Tribunal appointed as such under
sub-clause (ii) or sub-clause (iii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section
113.