law: The Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987
  4. Composition of Claims
  
  Tribunal and Benches thereof
  1.  The
  
  Claims Tribunal shall consist of a Chairman, four Vice-Chairmen and such number
  
  of 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 Claims 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 Chairman-
  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 a Vice-Chairman or other Member from one Bench to another Bench;
  c.  
  
    May
  
  authorise the Vice-Chairman orthe Judicial Member or the Technical Member
  
  appointed to one Bench to discharge also the functions of the Vice-Chairman or,
  
  as the case may be, the Judicial Member or the Technical Member of another
  
  Bench.
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  4.    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this section, it shall be
  
  competent for the Chairman or any other Member authorised by the Chairman in
  
  this behalf to function as a Bench consisting of a single Member and exercise
  
  the jurisdiction, powers and authority of the Claims Tribunal in respect of
  
  such classes of cases or such matters pertaining to such classes of cases as
  
  the Chairman 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 Chairman 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
  
  Chairman or, as the case may be, referred to him for transfer, to such Bench as
  
  the Chairman may deem fit.
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  5. Subject
  
  to the other provisions of this Act, the Benches shall sit at such places as
  
  the Central Government may, by notification, specify.