1. Short title and commencement
This Act may be called the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2026.
It shall come into force on such date[1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. 1. 25th day of August, 2026, vide Notifn. No. S.O. 4713 (E), dated 25th August, 2026, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3 (ii).
2. Definitions
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
“Chairperson” includes Chairperson, Chairman, President and Presiding Officer of a Tribunal, but does not include the Chairperson of the Commission;
“Chairperson of the Commission” means the Chairperson of the National Tribunals Commission;
“Commission” means the National Tribunals Commission established under section 3;
“Member” includes Vice-Chairman, Vice-Chairperson, Vice-President, Accountant Member, Administrative Member, Judicial Member, Expert Member, Law Member and Technical Member of a Tribunal;
“Member of the Commission” means a Judicial Member or a Technical Member of the National Tribunals Commission;
“National Tribunals Data Grid” means a portal containing the repository of all case related information pertaining to Tribunals specified in the First Schedule;
“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
“regulations” means the regulations made by the Commission under section 19;
“Schedule” means a Schedule appended to this Act;
“Search-cum-Selection Committee” means a Search-cum-Selection Committee constituted under section 13;
“Secretariat” means the Secretariat of the Commission referred to in section 8; and
“Tribunal” means a Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal or Authority as specified in column (2) of the First Schedule.
3. National Tribunals Commission
With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be established a Commission to be called the National Tribunals Commission to exercise the powers conferred upon it and to perform the functions assigned to it under this Act.
The headquarters of the National Tribunals Commission shall be at New Delhi.
The Commission shall consist of a Chairperson and four Members, of whom, two shall be Judicial Members and two shall be Technical Members.
A person shall be qualified for appointment—
as the Chairperson, if he has been a Judge of the Supreme Court or a Chief Justice of a High Court;
as a Judicial Member, if he has been a Chief Justice of a High Court or a Judge of a High Court; and
as a Technical Member, if he is a person of ability, integrity and standing, who has special knowledge and experience of not less than twenty-five years in the fields of public administration, finance, law, accountancy, banking, management or technology.