Section 2 of The Tribunals Reforms Act, 2026 — Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

1. (a)“Chairperson” includes Chairperson, Chairman, President and Presiding Officer of a Tribunal, but does not include the Chairperson of the Commission;
2. (b)“Chairperson of the Commission” means the Chairperson of the National Tribunals Commission;
3. (c)“Commission” means the National Tribunals Commission established under section 3;
4. (d)“Member” includes Vice-Chairman, Vice-Chairperson, Vice-President, Accountant Member, Administrative Member, Judicial Member, Expert Member, Law Member and Technical Member of a Tribunal;
5. (e)“Member of the Commission” means a Judicial Member or a Technical Member of the National Tribunals Commission;
6. (f)“National Tribunals Data Grid” means a portal containing the repository of all case related information pertaining to Tribunals specified in the First Schedule;
7. (g)“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
8. (h)“regulations” means the regulations made by the Commission under section 19;
   1. (i)“Schedule” means a Schedule appended to this Act;
9. (j)“Search-cum-Selection Committee” means a Search-cum-Selection Committee constituted under section 13;
10. (k)“Secretariat” means the Secretariat of the Commission referred to in section 8; and
11. (l)“Tribunal” means a Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal or Authority as specified in column

1. (2)of the First Schedule.