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At CAT Conference, CJI Gavai Flags Training Needs for Administrative Members

Official data show a 92.89% disposal rate since 1985, underscoring the tribunal’s scale of service disputes.

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Overview

  • The Central Administrative Tribunal opened its 10th All India Conference at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, inaugurated by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai with Supreme Court judges, union ministers, and the attorney general in attendance.
  • CJI Gavai said administrative tribunals sit between the executive and the judiciary and noted that members from administrative backgrounds require consistent training in legal reasoning.
  • He observed that some administrative members hesitate to issue orders adverse to the government and suggested workshops and judicial academy-led programs to strengthen adjudication.
  • The personnel ministry reported 9,72,720 cases instituted and 9,03,617 disposed through July 2025, reflecting a long-term disposal rate of 92.89%.
  • Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said deliberations would address operational challenges, including the implications of AI and technological change for tribunal functioning.