Act Number: 36

Act Name: The Electricity Act, 2003

Year: 2003

Enactment Date: 2003-05-26

Long Title: An Act to consolidate the laws relating to generation, transmission, distribution, trading and use of electricity and generally for taking measures conducive to development of electricity industry, promoting competition therein, protecting interest of consumers and supply of electricity to all areas, rationalisation of electricity tariff, ensuring transparent policies regarding subsidies, promotion of efficient and environmentally benign policies, constitution of Central Electricity Authority, Regulatory Commissions and establishment of Appellate Tribunal and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Power

Department:

Section 112: Composition of Appellate Tribunal.
    (1) The Appellate Tribunal shall consist of a Chairperson and three other Members.
     (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act,--
         (a) the jurisdiction of the Appellate Tribunal may be exercised by Benches thereof;
         (b) a Bench may be constituted by the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal with two or more Members of the Appellate Tribunal as the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal may deem fit:
         Provided that every Bench constituted under this clause shall include at least one Judicial Member and one Technical Member;
         (c) the Benches of the Appellate Tribunal shall ordinarily sit at Delhi and 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 jurisdiction.
     (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal may transfer a Member of the Appellate Tribunal from one Bench to another Bench.
     Explanation.--For the purposes of this Chapter,--
         (i) "Judicial Member" means a Member of the Appellate Tribunal appointed as such under subclause (i) of caluse (b) of sub-section (1) of section 113, and includes the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal;
         (ii) "Technical Member" means a Member of the Appellate Tribunal appointed as such under sub-clause (ii) or sub-clause (iii) of clause (b) of subsection (1) of section 113.
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