law: National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995
  10. Qualifications for appointment as
  
  Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson or other Member
  (1) A person shall not be qualified for 
  
  appointment as the Chairperson unless he -
  (a) is ,
  
  or has been, a Judge of the Supreme Court or a High Court; or
  (b) has ,
  
  for at least two years, held the office of Vice-Chairperson.
  (2) A person shall not be qualified for
  
  appointment as the Vice-Chairperson unless he
  (a) is ,
  
  or has been, a Judge of a High Court; or
  (b)  has, for at
  
  least two years, held the post of a Secretary to the Government of India or any
  
  other post under the Central or a State Government carrying a scale of pay
  
  which is not less than that of a Secretary to the Government of India; or
  (c) (i )  has, for at least five years, held the post of an
  
  Additional Secretary to the Government of India or any other post under the
  
  Central or a State Government carrying a scale of pay which is not less than that
  
  of an Additional Secretary to the Government of India; and
  (ii) has adequate knowledge of, or  experience in, legal,
  
  administrative, scientific or technical aspects of the problems relating to
  
  environment; or
  (d) has ,
  
  for at least three years, held office as a Judicial Member or a Technical
  
  Member.
  (3) A person shall not be qualified for
  
  appointment as a Judicial Member unless he -
  (a) is ,
  
  or has been, or is qualified to be, a Judge of  High Court; or
  (b) has 
  
  been a member of the Indian Legal Service and has held a post in grade I of
  
  that Service for at least three years.
  (4) A person shall not be qualified for
  
  appointment as a Technical Member unless he has adequate knowledge of, or
  
  experience in, or capacity to deal with, administrative, scientific or
  
  technical aspects of the problems relating to environment.
  (5) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections
  
  (6) and (7), the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and every other Member of the
  
  Tribunal shall be appointed by the President.
  (6) No appointment of a person possessing the
  
  qualifications specified in this section as the Chairperson or the
  
  Vice-Chairperson shall be made except after consultation with the Chief Justice
  
  of India.
  (7) No appointment of a person as a Judicial Member
  
  or a Technical Member shall be made except on the recommendation of a Selection
  
  Committee appointed by the Central Government consisting of the following,
  
  namely :-
  (a) Chairperson of the
  
  Tribunal;
  Chairperson of the
  
  Committee, ex officio;
  (b) Secretary to the
  
  Government of  India in the Ministry of
  
  Environment and Forests.
  member , ex officio;
  (c) Secretary to the
  
  Government of  India in the Ministry of
  
  Laws, Justice and Company Affairs (Department of Legal Affairs)
  member , ex officio;
  (d) Director-General,
  
  Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
  member , ex officio;
  (e) an 
  
  Environment to be nominated by the Central Government
  member