https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=404279 Section 89A of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, read with Section 184 of the Finance Act, 2017, places qualifications, tenure and service conditions of tribunal appointees within the statutory and rule-making framework, and a concluded term cannot be revived by later tribunal reforms once it has expired. On the facts, the incumbent Chairperson's appointment had run until 21.09.2019, so continuation beyond that date was not available. The Board's functioning also was not dependent on extending that tenure, because the Act provides acting and substitution mechanisms, including discharge of functions by the Chairperson and arrangements for the Vice-Chairperson or senior-most member to act in vacancy or inability to function. en-us Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:53:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=404279 Section 89A of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, read with Section 184 of the Finance Act, 2017, places qualifications, tenure and service conditions of tribunal appointees within the statutory and rule-making framework, and a concluded term cannot be revived by later tribunal reforms once it has expired. On the facts, the incumbent Chairperson's appointment had run until 21.09.2019, so continuation beyond that date was not available. The Board's functioning also was not dependent on extending that tenure, because the Act provides acting and substitution mechanisms, including discharge of functions by the Chairperson and arrangements for the Vice-Chairperson or senior-most member to act in vacancy or inability to function. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=404279