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| Union cabinet approves creation of posts for Armed Forces Tribunal | | | New Delhi | July 24
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the creation of 31 posts for the Armed Forces Tribunal paving the way for the creation of the proposed independent adjudicating forum for dispensing cost effective and speedy justice to the armed forces personnel. The posts include one of Chairperson and 29 posts of members for the Principal Bench at New Delhi and 8 Regional Branches. It also includes one post of Principal Registrar at the Principal Bench.
The process for the setting up of the Armed Forces Tribunal gathered momentum after the Defence Minister A K Antony assumed charge in October 2006.
The Principal Bench at New Delhi will have three courts with jurisdiction over High Courts in the State of Delhi. Similarly, the Chandigarh and Lucknow Benches will have three courts each. The Chandigarh Bench will have jurisdiction over Punjab, Haryana, J&K and Himachal Pradesh. The Lucknow Bench will have jurisdiction over Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh. The other locations for the Benches, with one court each, will be Kolkata, Guwahati, Mumbai, Kochi, Chennai and Jaipur. The Kolkata Bench will have jurisdiction over West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Guwahati Bench will have jurisdiction over Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. The Mumbai Bench will have jurisdiction over Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat, while Kochi Bench will have jurisdiction over Kerala and Karnataka. Chennai Bench will look after Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and the Jaipur Bench will have jurisdiction over Rajasthan.
The setting up of the Armed Forces Tribunal will fulfill a long-felt need of the country’s three defence services. Over 9,800 cases filed by service personnel are pending before various High Courts. The maximum number of cases numbering 2487 will be transferred to the Chandigarh Bench while 2407 will be adjudicated by the Lucknow Bench. Two thousand three hundred and six cases are proposed to be transferred to the Delhi Principal Bench. |
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