Supreme Court of India

Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Another

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Bench R.M. Lodha, Jagdish Singh Khehar, J. Chelameswar, A.K. Sikri and R. F. Nariman JJ.
Decided 25 September 2014

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National Tax Tribunal Act, 2005: History of promulgation of NTT Act - Discussed. Whether High Courts which discharge judicial functions, can be substituted by an extra-judicial body such as NTT and whether the NTT in the manner of its constitution undermines a process of independence and fairness, which are sine qua non of an adjudicatory authority - Held: It was impermissible for the legislature to abrogate/divest the core judicial appellate functions traditionally vested with the High Court, and to confer! vest the same, with an independent quasi-judicial authority, which did not even have…

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