New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Tribunals Reform Bill, 2026, which proposes a new body to oversee India's sectoral quasi-judicial forums. Law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday, and the lower house also passed it the same day.

Under the bill, the proposed National Tribunal Commission will have the power to appoint or remove members and chairpersons of 16 tribunals and appellate tribunals, covering sectors including income tax, electricity, customs and the environment.

Mint reported on 10 August that list of 16 tribunals in the proposed bill did not include the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) but included it's appellate body, the National Company Law Appellate Tribun...