Newly Constituted Chennai Bench of the NCLAT:
- Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman virtually inaugurated the Chennai Bench of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on 25th January 2021.
Two Members of NCLAT, New Delhi, Balvinder Singh, Member (Technical), and Justice Venugopal M have taken charge of the newly constituted Chennai Bench of the NCLAT.
The Chennai Bench of the NCLAT will have jurisdiction to hear appeals from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Lakshwadeep, and Puducherry.
The NCLAT now functions at a strength of 5 courts, 4 at the Principal Bench in New Delhi and the fifth at Chennai.
Five new Benches of the NCLAT have been announced at Jaipur, Cuttack, Kochi, Indore and Amaravati.