CAT Chairman Cannot Stay Pending Proceedings Before A Larger Bench: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

1 Feb 2019 7:08 PM IST

  • CAT Chairman Cannot Stay Pending Proceedings Before A Larger Bench: SC [Read Judgment]

    "In any case, judicial decorum and propriety demands that a judicial order, ad interim, interim or final be vacated, varied, modified, recalled or reviewed by a Bench of coordinate strength or larger strength or a higher forum, but not a smaller Bench of lesser strength, except in cases where such authority to a lower forum and/or smaller Bench is expressly conferred or implicit in the order sought to be vacated, varied, modified, recalled or reviewed."

    The Supreme Court on Friday observed that the Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal, sitting singly, cannot stay proceedings pending before a larger Bench. The bench comprising Justice R. Banumathi and Justice Indira Banerjee observed that, the Chairman acting judicially is equal to any other Member and is 'one amongst equals'. In All India Institute of Medical...

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