<p>The Supreme Court today extended the tenure of TDSAT Chairman for a further period of three months and directed the government to complete the appointment process of members in the meantime.</p>.<p>The Apex Court today<strong> </strong>directed for the tenure of the Chairman of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (<strong>TDSAT</strong>) Justice <strong>Shiva Kirti Singh</strong> to be extended for a further period of three months.</p>.<p>The Bench of Justices <strong>Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, </strong>and <strong>MR Shah </strong>also directed the Central government to ensure that the appointment process for all the members of the Tribunal is completed in the meantime. </p>.<p>The Court said,</p>.<blockquote><em><strong>"...we are of the view that the tenure of the Chairman and the members of TDSAT be extended for a period of three months during which period the entire process of appointment of the Chairman and members be completed."</strong></em></blockquote>.<p>Earlier, when the issue of vacancies at the TDSAT was raised before the Supreme Court, the tenure of Justice Singh was extended for a period of three months temporarily with a direction to the government to "expedite" the appointment process.</p>.Supreme Court extends the tenure of TDSAT Chairman by three months, asks Centre to expedite appointment process for TDSAT members.<p>The Court had in April this year asked how a Tribunal can function without sitting members when it was informed that no technical members in the TDSAT had been appointed since last year.</p>.<p>The vacancy at the Intellectual Property Appellate Board was also flagged by the Court to highlight the issue of vacancies at Tribunals.</p>.<p>Justice Singh who helms the TDSAT currently was scheduled to retire on April 20 but in the absence of any members to man the Tribunal, his tenure was extended for a period of three months. The extension has further been made today for another period of three months now.</p>.<p>The applicants were represented by Senior Counsel <strong>Vikas Singh</strong> and Advocate <strong>Tushar Singh</strong> while the Centre was represented by Attorney General <strong>KK Veugopal.</strong></p>.<p><strong>Read Order:</strong></p>
<p>The Supreme Court today extended the tenure of TDSAT Chairman for a further period of three months and directed the government to complete the appointment process of members in the meantime.</p>.<p>The Apex Court today<strong> </strong>directed for the tenure of the Chairman of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (<strong>TDSAT</strong>) Justice <strong>Shiva Kirti Singh</strong> to be extended for a further period of three months.</p>.<p>The Bench of Justices <strong>Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, </strong>and <strong>MR Shah </strong>also directed the Central government to ensure that the appointment process for all the members of the Tribunal is completed in the meantime. </p>.<p>The Court said,</p>.<blockquote><em><strong>"...we are of the view that the tenure of the Chairman and the members of TDSAT be extended for a period of three months during which period the entire process of appointment of the Chairman and members be completed."</strong></em></blockquote>.<p>Earlier, when the issue of vacancies at the TDSAT was raised before the Supreme Court, the tenure of Justice Singh was extended for a period of three months temporarily with a direction to the government to "expedite" the appointment process.</p>.Supreme Court extends the tenure of TDSAT Chairman by three months, asks Centre to expedite appointment process for TDSAT members.<p>The Court had in April this year asked how a Tribunal can function without sitting members when it was informed that no technical members in the TDSAT had been appointed since last year.</p>.<p>The vacancy at the Intellectual Property Appellate Board was also flagged by the Court to highlight the issue of vacancies at Tribunals.</p>.<p>Justice Singh who helms the TDSAT currently was scheduled to retire on April 20 but in the absence of any members to man the Tribunal, his tenure was extended for a period of three months. The extension has further been made today for another period of three months now.</p>.<p>The applicants were represented by Senior Counsel <strong>Vikas Singh</strong> and Advocate <strong>Tushar Singh</strong> while the Centre was represented by Attorney General <strong>KK Veugopal.</strong></p>.<p><strong>Read Order:</strong></p>
