Enumerate the issues associated with functioning of tribunals in india
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The growing number of tribunals in India and the problems associated with their functioning has prompted the government to re-think the role of tribunalisation in the dispensation of justice. The law ministry has recently stated that several of the 36 central tribunals do not function to optimum capacity. According to the ministry, many tribunals also do not have adequate infrastructure to work smoothly and perform the functions originally envisioned for them. In August 2016, the Supreme Court weighed in on the issue too, when a bench of Justices Anil R Dave and Adarsh K Goel, hearing an appeal from the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) in the matter of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd versus Essar Power Ltd, commented on the inherent difficulty for many litigants in accessing justice as benches of some tribunals were located only in New Delhi. Additionally, the Supreme Court has asked the Law Commission to examine various aspects of working of tribunals, and what changes are required in the statutory framework governing them.