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2025 Supreme(SC) 1947

B. R. GAVAI, K. VINOD CHANDRAN
Madras Bar Association – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Arvind P Datar, Sr. Adv. Mr. T. V. S. Raghavendra Sreyas, AOR Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Naveen Hegde, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Vasudev, Adv. Ms. Gayatri Gulati, Adv. Mr. Brahma Prakash Soni, Adv. Mr. C.S. Vaidyanathan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR Mr. Nikunj Dayal, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. R Venkatramani, Attorney General for India Mr. Tushar Mehta, S.G. Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Vikramjit Banerji, A.S.G. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv. Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, Adv. Ms.Priyanka Das, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Siddhanth Kohli, Adv. Ms. Suhashini Sen, Adv. Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Sinhal, Adv. Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kr. Singh, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kr. Pandey, Adv. Mr. Keshav C Thakur, Adv. Mr. Jagdish Chandra, Adv. Mr. S.N. Terdal (aor), Sr. Adv. Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv. Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Arkaj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Naman Tandon, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Aditya Archiya, Adv. Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR Mr. Shakti Singh, Adv. Mr. Khushagra, Adv. Ms. Anusha Rathore, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Dubey, Adv. Mr. Balbir Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Samarvir Singh, Adv. Mr. Naman Tandon, Adv. Mrs. Anshul, Adv. Ms. Neetu Singh, Adv. Mr. Shubham Yadav, Adv. Ms. Vanya Gupta, AOR Mr. Archit Upadhayay, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv. Ms. Ritika Singhal, Adv. Ms. Garima Bajaj, AOR Mr. Kartik Seth, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Saini, Adv. Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shubhankar Singh, Adv. Mr. Lakshmikant Srirvastava, Adv. Mr. K. M. Abish, Adv. M/s Chambers Of Kartik Seth, AOR Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR Ms. Anusha Rathore, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Dubey, Adv. Dr. Vivek Sharma, AOR Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.A. Singh, Adv. Mr. Mathews Joseph Nedumpara, Adv. Intervenor-in-person Mr. Jasmeet Singh, AOR Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Mr. Pradeep Kumar Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar Rai, Adv. Mrs. Rajshree Rai, Adv. Ms. Modoyia Kayina, Adv. Ms. Farhat Naim, Adv. Mr. Shrayansh Singh, Adv. Mr. Paras Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Parimal Rai, Adv. Mr. Virendra Singh, Adv. M/s R And R Law Associates, AOR Mr. Vineet Bhagat, Adv. Mr. Atmaram Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. A.R.Takkar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Narender Pal Singh, Adv. Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Yadav, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar Bansal, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Yadav, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Yadav, AOR Mr. K. S. Rana, AOR Dr. Prince Mohan Sinha, Adv. Mr. Anurag Nagar, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Deora, Adv. Mr. Mohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Shiv Nath Bind, Adv. Mr. Sachit Jolly, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sohum Dua, Adv. Mr. Abhyudaya Bajpai, Adv. Ms. Disha Jham, AOR Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. Anchit Singla, Adv. Mr. Narveer Yadav, Adv. Mr. Ranvijay Singh Chandel, Adv. Mr. Porus F Kaka, Sr. Adv. Dr. K Shivaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. K Gopal, Adv. Mr. Manish Paliwal, AOR Mr. Rahul Hakani, Adv. Mr. Paras Savla, Adv. Mr. Manish Kant, Adv. Mr. Ajay Singh, Adv. Ms. Megha Yadav, Adv. Mr. Gagan Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dushyant Pratap Singh, Adv. Mrs. Vipasha Singh, AOR Mr. B.M. Chatterji, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. Shreyash Shah, Adv. Mr. Narveer Yadav, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. P.S. Patwalia, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rupesh Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv. Ms. Pankhuri Shrivastava, Adv. Ms. Neelam Sharma, AOR Mr. Alekshendra Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv. Mr. Zubin Dash, Adv. Mr. S K Bagaria, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Bhagabati Prasad Padhy, AOR Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Archit Upadhayay, AOR Ms. Garima Bajaj, AOR M/S. Chambers Of Kartik Seth, AOR Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, AOR Mr. Jasmeet Singh, AOR Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR M/S R And R Law Associates, AOR Mr. K. S. Rana, AOR Ms. Disha Jham, AOR Mr. Manish Paliwal, AOR Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Ms. Neelam Sharma , AOR Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Bhagabati Prasad Padhy, AOR Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Naman Tandon, AOR Mr. Shourya Dasgupta, Adv. Mr. Shubham Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Puneet Mittal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Amita Singh Kalkal, AOR

Table of Content
1. constitutional supremacy and separation of powers. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. provisions of the impugned act concerning tribunals. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 10 , 12)
3. arguments against the impugned act's provisions. (Para 15 , 16)
4. tribunal structure and independence. (Para 18 , 21 , 22)
5. judicial independence and procedural fairness required. (Para 31 , 32 , 34 , 35)
6. repeated failures and recommendations for tribunal reforms. (Para 42 , 78 , 79)
7. legislative actions invalidated due to circumventing court rulings. (Para 135 , 136 , 140)
8. establishment of national tribunals commission and protection of previous appointments. (Para 153 , 154 , 156)

JUDGMENT

INDEX

I.

INTRODUCTION

II.

THE CHALLENGE

III.

SUBMISSIONS

IV.

THE TRIBUNALS JURISPRUDENCE

(i) S.P. Sampath Kumar v. Union of India and Others

(ii) R.K. Jain v. Union of India

(iii) L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India and Others

(iv) Union of India v. R. Gandhi, President, Madras Bar Association

(v) Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Another

(vi) Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Another

(vii) Rojer Mathew v. South Indian Bank Limited Rep

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