Appointments of 18 members to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) have been approved by the Centre.

The appointments were announced after the Supreme Court on September 6 pointed out the inaction of the Centre in filling vacancies in tribunals.

In a notification, the central government said the appointment of 8 judicial members and 10 technical members has been cleared.

The appointments will be valid for a period of five years or till the members attain the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier.

The individuals appointed as judicial members are:

> Justice Telaprolu Rajani, Judge, Andhra Pradesh High Court

> Justice Pradeep Narhari Deshmukh, Retd. Judge Bombay High Court

> Justice S Ramathilagam, Retd Madras High Court judge

> Dharminder Singh Presiding Officer, DRT-3, Delhi

> Harnam Singh Thakur, Retd. Registrar General, Punjab and Haryana High Court

> P Mohan Raj, Retd. District Judge, Salem, Tamil Nadu

> Rohit Kapoor, Advocate

> Deep Chandra Joshi, District Court Judge

The Centre also listed details of the appointments to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in a separate notification. The 13 appointments will include 6 judicial members and 7 accountant members.