law: National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995
  9. Composition of Tribunal and Benches thereof
  (1) The Tribunal shall consist of a Chairperson
  
  and such number   of Vice-Chairpersons, Judicial
  
  Members and Technical Members as the Central Government may deem fit and,
  
  subject to the other provisions of this Act, the jurisdiction, powers and
  
  authority of the Tribunal may be exercised by Benches thereof.
  (2) Subject to the other provisions of this
  
  Act, a Bench shall consist of one Judicial Member and one Technical Member.
  (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  sub-section (1), the Chairperson-
  (a) may, in addition to
  
  discharging the functions of the Judicial Member or the Technical Member of the
  
  Bench to which he is appointed, discharge the functions of the Judicial Member
  
  or, as the case may be, the Technical Member, of any other Bench;
  (b) may 
  
  transfer the Vice-Chairperson or other Member from one Bench to another Bench;
  (c) may authorize the
  
  Vice-Chairperson or the Judicial Member or the Technical Member appointed to
  
  one Bench to discharge also the functions of the Vice-Chairperson or, as the
  
  case may be, the Judicial Member or the Technical Member of another Bench; and
  (d) may, for the   purpose of  securing that any case or cases
  
  which having regard to the nature of the questions involved, requires or
  
  require, in his opinion or under the rules made by the Central Government in
  
  this behalf, to be decided by a Bench composed of more than two Members, issue
  
  such general or special orders as he may deem fit:
  Provided that every Bench constituted in
  
  pursuance of this clause shall include at least one Judicial Member and one
  
  Technical Member.
  (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in the
  
  foregoing provisions of this section, it shall be competent for the Chairperson
  
  or any other Member authorized by the Chairperson in this behalf to function as
  
  a Bench consisting of a single Member and exercise the jurisdiction, powers and
  
  authority of the Tribunal in respect of such classes of cases or such matters
  
  pertaining to such classes of cases as the Chairperson may, by general or
  
  special order, specify;
  Provided that if at any stage of the hearing of
  
  any such case or matter, it appears to the Chairperson or such 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 Chairperson
  
  or, as the case may be, referred to him for transfer to such Bench as the
  
  Chairperson may deem fit.
  (5) Subject to the other provisions of this
  
  Act, the Benches of the Tribunal shall ordinarily sit at  New Delhi (which shall be known
  
  as the principal Bench) and at such other places as the Central Government may,
  
  by notification, specify.