Transitional provisions
Commencement. 4th April, 2021
Section 33 of the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021 deals with transitional provisions. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, any person appointed as the Chairperson or Chairman or President or Presiding Officer or Vice-Chairperson or Vice-Chairman or Vice-President or Member of the Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal, or, as the case may be, other Authori The Act was enacted on 13 Aug 2021.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, any person appointed as the Chairperson or Chairman or President or Presiding Officer or Vice-Chairperson or Vice-Chairman or Vice-President or Member of the Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal, or, as the case may be, other Authorities specified in the Second Schedule and holding office as such immediately before the notified date, shall, on and from the notified date, cease to hold such office, and he shall be entitled to claim compensation not exceeding three months' pay and allowances for the premature termination of term of his office or of any contract of service.
(2) The officers and other employees of the Tribunals, Appellate Tribunals and other Authorities specified in the Second Schedule appointed on deputation, before the notified date, shall, on and from the notified date, stand reverted to their parent cadre, Ministry or Department.
(3) Any appeal, application or proceeding pending before the Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal or other Authorities specified in the Second Schedule, other than those pending before the Authority for Advance Rulings under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), before the notified date, shall stand transferred to the court before which it would have been filed had this Act been in force on the date of filing of such appeal or application or initiation of the proceeding, and the court may proceed to deal with such cases from the stage at which it stood before such transfer, or from any earlier stage, or de novo, as the court may deem fit.
(4) The balance of all monies received by, or advanced to, the Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal or other Authorities specified in the Second Schedule and not spent by it before the notified date, shall, on and from the notified date, stand transferred to the Central Government.
(5) All property of whatever kind owned by, or vested in, the Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal or other Authorities specified in the Second Schedule before the notified date, shall stand transferred to, on and from the notified date, and shall vest in the Central Government.
Section 33, The Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021 (Act 33 of 2021).
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Questions about Section 33
What does Section 33 of the Tribunals Reforms Act deal with?
Section 33 of the Tribunals Reforms Act is headed "Transitional provisions". Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, any person appointed as the Chairperson or Chairman or President or Presiding Officer or Vice-Chairperson or Vice-Chairman or Vice-President or Member of the Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal, or, as the case may be, other Authori
How do I find court cases under Section 33 of the Tribunals Reforms Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Tribunals Reforms Act 2021 33, section 33 Tribunals Reforms Act 2021, section 33 of the Tribunals Reforms Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 33 of the Tribunals Reforms Act, and has it changed?
2 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it.
When was Section 33 of the Tribunals Reforms Act enacted?
Section 33 of the Tribunals Reforms Act, cited as Tribunals Reforms Act 2021 33, was enacted on 13 Aug 2021 as Act 33 of 2021. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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