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Answer:
Tribunals serve as an important specialised dispute resolution mechanism alongside the regular courts. The 42nd Amendment in 1976, which inserted Article 323-A and 323-B in the Constitution, empowered both the Parliament and state legislatures to establish administrative and other tribunals. By involving expert members, administrative and logistical support from the executive, and specialised procedures, tribunals promise a speedy and more technical resolution of disputes under certain statutes.
Unfortunately, despite its intentions, tribunals have often replicated some of the problems our judiciary suffers from and in fact added some more: