law: Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985
  12. Constitution of Benches of Board or appellate
  
  authority 
  (1) The jurisdiction, powers and authority of the Board or the
  
  appellate authority may be exercised by Benches thereof.
  (2) The Benches shall be constituted by the Chairman and each
  
  Bench shall consist of not less than two members.
   3  [(3) If the members of a Bench differ in opinion on any
  
  point, the point shall be decided according to the opinion of the majority, if there
  
  is a majority, but if the members are equally divided, they shall state the
  
  point or points on which they differ, and make a reference to the Chairman of
  
  the Board or, as the case may be, the appellate authority who shall either hear
  
  the point or points himself or refer the case for hearing on such point or
  
  points by one or more of the other members and such point or points shall be
  
  decided according to the opinion of the majority of the members who have heard
  
  the case including those who first heard it.