(1) Every proceeding of the National Commission shall be conducted by the President or the senior most member and at least two members thereof sitting together except when a bench is constituted by the President of the National Commission with one or more members as he may deem fit:
Provided that one member or members for any reason are unable to conduct proceedings till it is completed, the President or the senior most member, as provided in section 22D of the Act, shall conduct such proceedings from the stage at which it was last heard by the previous member.
(2) Every order made by the National Commission shall be signed by the President or the senior most member as provided under section 22D and at least two members who conducted the proceeding and if there is any difference of opinion among themselves, the opinion of majority shall be the order of the National Commission:
Provided that where the proceeding is conducted by the President or the senior most member as provided under section 22D and three members thereof and they differ on any point or points, they shall state the point or points on which they differ and refer the same to the other member for hearing on such point or points and such point or points shall be decided accordingly to the opinion of the majority of the National Commission.
16. Manner of deposit of amount in appeals before Supreme Court - Every appeal filed before the Supreme Court in terms of section 23 shall be accompanied by an amount as provided in the second proviso to that section and such amount may be remitted in the form of a crossed Demand Draft drawn on a nationalized bank in favour of Registrar, Supreme Court, payable at Delhi.
Explanation.- In this rule, 'nationalized bank' means a corresponding new bank specified in the First Schedule to the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970) or a corresponding new bank specified in the First Schedule to the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 (40 of 1980)
SCHEDULE I [See rule 3 (1) (c)]
1. Eastern Region - to consist of the States of Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, and West Bengal.
2. Western Region - to consist of the States of Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
3. Northern Region - to consist of the States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.
4. Southern Region - to consist of the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
5. North Eastern Region – to consist of the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.
SCHEDULE II [See rule 3 (1) (ca)] The Union Territories of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, Pondicherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi.