Overview
- The Lok Sabha approved the Tribunals Reforms Bill on Monday without any debate while Opposition MPs protested in the House.
- The legislation creates a National Tribunals Commission with a chair and four members, fixes five‑year tenures and requires a National Tribunals Data Grid to collect case information.
- The new law repeals the 2021 tribunal framework and must still clear further parliamentary steps and receive presidential assent before becoming effective.
- Congress MP Jairam Ramesh has demanded that the National Green Tribunal publish the High‑Powered Committee report on the Great Nicobar Project, saying the report was filed to the NGT in a sealed cover on July 8, 2025 and may show serious flaws.
- The debate links institutional reform to wider concerns over the Great Nicobar development: the Centre frames the project as a strategic transhipment and infrastructure plan while critics point to coral damage, coastal protections and displacement risks, making transparency a likely focus of legal and political follow‑up.