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Definition :

Bench [fr. bance, A. S.], or Banc [Fr.], a tribunal of justice.

(1) The judge or the aggregate body of the judges of any given Court; (2) the bishops; (3) the benchers of an Inn of Court. see KING'S BENCH.

Means a Bench of a Tribunal. [Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (13 of 1985), s. 3 (e)]

The court considered in the official capacity; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Bench, is a place where a judge sits in Court, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 47.

Means the raised area occupied by the judge in a courtroom, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 148.

Means a Bench of the Appellate Board. [Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), s. 2 (1) (d)]

Means a Bench of the Appellate Board. [Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000 (37 of 2000), s. 2 (c)]

Means a Bench of the Tribunal. [National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995 (27 of 1995), s. 2 (b)]

The word 'bench' used in the referring order, even in its ordinary connotation, would, therefore, include a single Judge, Rajendra Prasad Jain v. Sheel Bhadra Yajee, AIR 1967 SC 1445 (1447): (1967) 3 SCR 19. [Patna High Court Rules and Orders Chap II, r. I(XI) and (3)]