'Play only administrative role in NCLT appointment'

NEW DELHI: A day after Supreme Court's observation on the role of ministry of corporate affairs in the appointment and infrastructure in the National Company Law Tribunal and the appellate tribunal, the ministry on Friday said it only performed "administrative" role in conducting the appointment process for the 63 judicial and technical members of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)"NCLT independently undertakes the process for appointment and management of its officers and staff, including deputy registrars, court officers, stenographers, office assistants and multi-tasking staff," MCA said in a statement.In Oct 2019, govt delegated the responsibility to NCLT to ensure its effective and independent functioning, govt added. On Thursday, SC slammed the ministry for "completely hijacking" both NCLT and NCLAT, while hearing a petition regarding the dilapidated infrastructure, lack of support staff and vacancies, hampering the work in the tribunal that deals with corporate law and insolvency cases.You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.