Supreme Court adjourns plea challenging tenure of NCLT judges

The Supreme Court has adjourned the plea challenging the notification fixing the tenure of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) judges to three years. The matter will be heard on Thursday. 

The plea was filed by the NCLT Bar Association challenging the notification.

The Centre on May 25 had told the apex court that a Committee chaired by the Chief Justice of India held a meeting on April 20 in which the question of the tenure of 23 members of NCLT was discussed. The committee also has Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant and the Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate