law: Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007 
  25. Right of
  
  applicant or of appellant to take assistance of a legal practitioner and of
  
  Government, etc., to appoint counsel
  1.  
  
    A
  
  person making an application or preferring an appeal to the Tribunal may either
  
  appear in person or take the assistance of a legal practitioner of his choice
  
  to present his case before the Tribunal.
  2.  
  
    The
  
  Central Government or the competent authority, as may be prescribed, may
  
  authorise one or more legal practitioners or any of its law officers to act as
  
  counsel and every person so authorised by it may present its case with respect
  
  to any application or appeal, as the case may be, before the, Tribunal.