valid as on 15/04/2024

Section 419. Benches of Tribunal
Notified on 01-06-2016

(1) There shall be constituted such of the , as may, by , be specified by the Central Government.

(2) The Principal Bench of the Tribunal shall be at New Delhi which shall be presided over by the President of the Tribunal.

(3) The powers of the Tribunal shall be exercisable by Benches consisting of two Member out of whom one shall be a Judicial Member and the other shall be a Technical Member:

Provided that it shall be competent for the Members of the Tribunal authorised in this behalf to function as a Bench consisting of a single Judicial Member and exercise the powers of the Tribunal in respect of such class of cases or such matters pertaining to such class of cases, as the President may, by general or special order, specify:

Provided further that if at any stage of the hearing of any such case or matter, it appears to the Member that the case or matter is of such a nature that it ought to be heard by a Bench consisting of two Members, the case or matter may be transferred by the President, or, as the case may be, referred to him for transfer, to such Bench as the President may deem fit.

(4) The President shall, for the disposal of any case relating to rehabilitation, restructuring, reviving  , of companies, constitute one or more Special Benches consisting of three or more Members, majority necessarily being of Judicial Members.

(5) If the Members of a Bench differ in opinion on any point or points, it shall be decided according to the majority, if there is a majority, but if the Members are equally divided, they shall state the point or points on which they differ, and the case shall be referred by the President for hearing on such point or points by one or more of the other Members of the Tribunal and such point or points shall be decided according to the opinion of the majority of Members who have heard the case, including those who first heard it.

The Benches are notified by the Central Government. To view the notification,Click Here.

The jurisdiction of State of Madhya Pradesh will be exercised by Ahmedabad Bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) till the operationalization of Indore Bench of NCLT, which will be notified by the Central Government by a subsequent notification.To view the notification,Click Here

2(90) Tribunal means the National Company Law Tribunal constituted under section 408
2(58) Notification means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the expression “notify” shall be construed accordingly
Substituted vide The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. To view the amendment,Click Here
omitted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015 (21 of 2015), notified on 25th May, 2015, with effect from 29th May 2015 vide notification S.O. 1440(E).To view the Act,Click Here

Amendments to Companies Act, 2013 vide Eleventh Schedule of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016


Benches of NCLT [Amendment to S.O.1935(E)] S.O. 345(E) dated 03/02/2017


Benches of NCLT S.O.1935(E) dated 01/06/2016

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 1st June, 2016

S.O. 1935(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 419 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby constitutes the following Benches of the National Company Law Tribunal mentioned in column (2) of the table below, located at the place mentioned in column (3) and to exercise the jurisdiction over the area mentioned in column (4), namely:—

TABLE

Serial
Number
Title of the Bench Location Territorial Jurisdiction of the Bench
(1)(2)(3)(4)
1.(a) National Company Law
Tribunal, Principal Bench.
(b) National Company Law
Tribunal, New Delhi Bench.
New Delhi (1) State of Haryana. (Omitted vide notification S.O. 345E dated 03.02.2017)
(2) State of Rajasthan. (Omitted vide notification S.O. 3145(E) dated 28.06.2018)
(3) Union territory of Delhi.
2.National Company Law
Tribunal, Ahmedabad Bench.
Ahmedabad (1) State of Gujarat.
(2) State of Madhya Pradesh. (Omitted vide notification S.O. 1216(E) dated 08.03.2019)
(3) Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. (Substituted vide notification S.O. 654(E) dated 12.02.2021)
(3) Union territory of Dadra and Nagar
Haveli.
(4) Union territory of Daman and Diu.
3.National Company Law
Tribunal, Allahabad
Bench.
Allahabad (1) State of Uttar Pradesh.
(2) State of Uttarakhand.
4.National Company Law
Tribunal, Bengaluru Bench.
Bengaluru (1) State of Karnataka.
5.National Company Law
Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench.
Chandigarh(1) State of Himachal Pradesh.
(2a) Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
(2b) Union territory of Ladakh. (Substituted vide notification S.O. 654(E) dated 12.02.2021)
(2) State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(3) State of Punjab.
(4) Union territory of Chandigarh.
(5) State of Haryana. (Inserted vide notification S.O. 345E dated 03.02.2017)
6.National Company Law
Tribunal, Chennai Bench.
Chennai (1) State of Kerala. (Omitted vide notification S.O. 3683(E) dated 27.07.2018)
(2) State of Tamil Nadu.
(3) Union territory of Lakshadweep. (Omitted vide notification S.O. 3683(E) dated 27.07.2018)
(4) Union territory of Puducherry
7.National Company Law
Tribunal, Guwahati Bench.
Guwahati (1) State of Arunachal Pradesh.
(2) State of Assam.
(3) State of Manipur.
(4) State of Mizoram.
(5) State of Meghalaya.
(6) State of Nagaland.
(7) State of Sikkim.
(8) State of Tripura.
8.National Company Law
Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench.
Hyderabad (1) State of Andhra Pradesh. (Omitted vide notification S.O. 1216(E) dated 08.03.2019)
(2) State of Telangana.
9.National Company Law
Tribunal, Kolkata Bench.

Kolkata(1) State of Bihar.
(2) State of Jharkhand.
(3) State of Odisha. (Omitted vide notification S.O. 3430(E) dated 12.07.2018)
(4) State of West Bengal.
(5) Union territory of Andaman and
Nicobar Islands.
10.National Company Law
Tribunal, Mumbai Bench.
Mumbai (1) State of Chhattisgarh (Omitted vide notification S.O. 3430(E) dated 12.07.2018)
(2) State of Goa.
(3) State of Maharashtra.
11.National Company Law Tribunal, Jaipur Bench Jaipur (1) State of Rajasthan. (Inserted vide notification S.O. 3145(E) dated 28.06.2018)
12.National Company
Law Tribunal, Cuttack Bench
Cuttack(1) State of Odisha
(2) State of Chhattisgarh (Inserted vide notification S.O. 3430(E) dated 12.07.2018)
13.National Company Law Tribunal, Kochi BenchKochi(1) State of Kerala.
(2) Union territory of Lakshadweep. (Inserted vide notification S.O. 3683(E) dated 27.07.2018)
14. (Inserted vide notification S.O. 1216(E) dated 08.03.2019)National Company Law Tribunal, Indore BenchIndore(1) State of Madhya Pradesh
15. (Inserted vide notification S.O. 1216(E) dated 08.03.2019)National Company Law Tribunal, Amravati BenchAmaravati(2) State of Andhra Pradesh.


Enforcement Notification S.O. 1440(E) dated 29/05/2016


Enforcement Notification S.O. 1934(E) dated 01/06/2016


Establishment of NCLT, Cuttack Bench vide Notification No. S.O. 3430(E) dated 12.07.2018


Establishment of NCLT, Kochi Bench vide Notification No. S.O. 3683(E) dated 27.07.2018


Establishment of the National Company Law Tribunal, Jaipur Bench at Jaipur vide Notification No. S.O. 3145(E) dated 28.06.2018


MCA Notification S.O. 654(E). dated 12.02.2021


NCLT Bench-Jurisdiction of State of Madhya Pradesh, vide notification [S.O. 484(E)] dated 31.01.2020


Notification on establishment of NCLT Indore Bench and Amaravati Bench dated 08.03.2019


The Companies (Amendment) Act,2015

 


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