law: The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 
  16. Constitution of benches of Lokpal.
  1.       Subject
  
  to the provisions of this Act,-
  a.     
  
    the jurisdiction of the Lokpal may be exercised by benches
  
  thereof;
  b.    
  
    a bench may be constituted by the Chairperson with two or more
  
  Members as the Chairperson may deem fit;
  c.     
  
    every bench shall ordinarily consist of at least one Judicial
  
  Member;
  d.    
  
    where a bench consists of the Chairperson, such bench shall be
  
  presided over by the Chairperson;
  e.     
  
    where a bench consists of a Judicial Member, and a non-Judicial
  
  Member, not being the Chairperson, such bench shall be presided over by the
  
  Judicial Member;
  f.     
  
    the benches of the Lokpal shall ordinarily sit at New Delhi and
  
  at such other places as the Lokpal may, by regulations, specify.
  1.     
  
   
  2.       The
  
  Lokpal shall notify the areas in relation to which each bench of the Lokpal may
  
  exercise jurisdiction.
  3.       Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (2 ), the Chairperson shall have the
  
  power to constitute or reconstitute benches from time to time.
  4.       If at
  
  any stage of the hearing of any case or matter it appears to the Chairperson or
  
  a Member that the case or matter is of such nature that it ought to be heard by
  
  a bench consisting of three or more 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.