Section 2Definitions

“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.