Overview
- The Appointments Committee approved the Department of Revenue’s proposal on August 6–7 to appoint a total of 53 judicial members to the GST Appellate Tribunal.
- Senior Advocate Vemireddy Bhaskar Reddy has been named to the Hyderabad bench, bringing decades of tax-law experience.
- Reddy enrolled as an advocate on June 19, 1987, and served as Special Assistant Government Pleader for taxes from 1993 to 1994.
- The fully staffed tribunal, created in 2017, is expected to expedite resolution of indirect tax disputes.
- The government’s reliance on seasoned experts aims to bolster confidence in the GST dispute resolution framework.