Old headless CAT Going TDSAT Coming, The IT Act, 2000 is amended
Old headless CAT Going TDSAT Coming, The IT Act, 2000 is amended By Advocate Prashant Mali, Cyber Law Expert The government’s in response to a February 2015 report of a parliamentary standing committee that noted the absence of uniformity in the conditions of service of tribunals. Government planned a large-scale reshuffle of tribunals, the government sought to reduce the number of these tribunals and bring parity in the service conditions of their officials. CAT (Cyber Appellate Tribunal) From 2011, has barely been functioning. It still pays out salaries to its employees but no judicial order has been passed nor has any case been heard for the last five years. A CAG audit had noted that after the retirement of the CAT’s last chairperson in June 2011, there has been no replacement appointed as of June 2016. However, members and other staff continued to render services in the CAT since then and expenditure of Rs. 27.64 crore were incurred on its establ...