Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 778 · Decided 1 August 2022
National Company Law Tribunal Bar Association v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 778 · [2022] 6 S.C.R. 1121
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 180/2022
- Decided
- 1 August 2022
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, SUDHANSHU DHULIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32; Companies Act Section 413
Headnote
Companies Act, 2013: s.413 - Appointment of Members - Modification of tenure - On 20 September 2019, Ministry of Corporate Affairs issued Notification appointing 28 candidates as members of NCLT for tenure of three years - NCLT Bar Association filed writ petition of appointment of the Members of NCLT from three to five years - Plea of petitioner that the Notification was contrary to provisions of s.413 which prescribes for a term of five years - The Union government stated that the appointment of the Members for a period of three years was
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