law: The Competition Act, 2002 
  22. Benches of
  
  Commission.-
  1.  
  
    The
  
  jurisdiction, powers and authority of the Commission may be exercised by
  
  Benches thereof.
  2.  
  
    The
  
  Benches shall be constituted by the Chairperson and each Bench shall consist of
  
  not less than two Members.
  3.  
  
    Every
  
  Bench shall consist of at least one Judicial Member. Explanation.-For the
  
  purposes of this sub-section, "Judicial Member" means a Member who
  
  is, or has been, or is qualified to be, a Judge of a High Court.
  4.  
  
    The
  
  Bench over which the Chairperson presides shall be the Principal Bench and the
  
  other Benches shall be known as the Additional Benches.
  5.  
  
    There
  
  shall be constituted by the Chairperson one or more Benches to be called the
  
  Mergers Bench or Mergers Benches, as the case may be, exclusively to deal with
  
  matters referred to in sections 5 and 6.
  6.  
  
    The
  
  places at which the Principal Bench, other Additional Bench or Mergers Bench
  
  shall ordinarily sit, shall be such as the Central Government may, by
  
  notification, specify.