Centre clears appointment of former Punjab and Haryana HC Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal as NCLT President
The Centre has cleared the appointment of former Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal as the new President of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). The Delhi High Court noted this development while dismissing a petition challenging the appointment of an acting president. The court deemed the petition infructuous due to the central government's decision to appoint a permanent president.
- ▪The Centre appointed former Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal as President of the NCLT.
- ▪The Delhi High Court found a petition challenging the appointment of Bachu Venkat Balaram Das as acting NCLT president to be infructuous.
- ▪The court's observation was made by a bench comprising Justices C. Hari Shankar and O.P. Shukla.
- ▪The decision was noted on April 30, 2026, marking the resolution of a leadership dispute within the NCLT.
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday (April 30, 2026) noted that the Centre has cleared the appointment of Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal, former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, as the president of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).A Bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and O.P. Shukla said the petition by an NCLT technical member challenging the appointment of Bachu Venkat Balaram Das as acting president was infructuous in view of the Centre appointing a former high court judge to the post of the tribunal's president.
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