Independence On Paper, Control By Rule
This is the legislative response to a nearly four-decade judicial effort - from S.P. Sampath Kumar (1987) through L. Chandra Kumar (1997) to Rojer Mathew (2019) and Madras Bar Association (2025) - to separate tribunal administration from the ministries whose decisions tribunals review. Its passage without discussion in the Lok Sabha and the specific delegation and screening provisions retained in the final text, make it a…