Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act,1997
14B. Composition of Appellate Tribunal
(1) The Appellate Tribunal shall consist of a Chairperson and
not more than two members to be appointed, by notification, by the Central
Government.
(2) The selection of Chairperson and Members of the Appellate
Tribunal shall be made by the Central Government in consultation with the Chief
Justice of India.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, -
(a) the jurisdiction of the Appellate Tribunal
may be exercised by the Benches thereof;
(b) a Bench may be constituted by the
Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal with one or two Members of such Tribunal
as the Chairperson may deem fit;
(c) the Benches of the Appellate Tribunal
shall ordinarily sit at New Delhi and at 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
its jurisdiction.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the
Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal may transfer a Member of such Tribunal
from one Bench to another Bench.
(5) If at any stage of the hearing of any case or matter it
appears to the Chairperson or a Member of the Appellate Tribunal 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 Chairperson to
such Bench as the Chairperson may deem fit.