 bill no xxii of 2002 the high court of madhya pradesh (establishment of a permanent bench at bhopal) bill, 2002 a billto provide for the establishment of a permanent bench of the high court of madhya pradesh at bhopalbe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the high court of madhya pradesh (establishment of apermanent bench at bhopal) act, 2002 statement of objects and reasonsgeographically, madhya pradesh is the largest state of the indian union having large population for whom dispensation of justice is also needed but unfortunately the capital of the state is without a bench of the high court of madhya pradesh the principal bench should have been established in bhopal to honour the capital city after bhubaneshwar and thiruvananthapuram, bhopal is the only capital city without a high court bench there has been a long standing demand for the establishment of a high court bench at bhopal earlier, the government of madhya pradesh had recommended for the establishment of such a bench at bhopalmoreover, being the capital of the state, the population of bhopal is increasing manifolds with the result the litigations are also increasing at a very high rate the officials of the state government have to shuttle beween bhopal and jabalpur incurring avoidable expenditure and burden on the exchequer of the state at the same time poor litigants of bhopal who want to knock the doors of high court for justice cannot afford to fight their cases in jabalpurhence, it is necessary that a bench of the high court of madhya pradesh be established at bhopal without further loss of timehence this billsuresh  pachouri———— a billto provide for the establishment of a permanent bench of the high court of madhya pradesh at bhopal————(shri suresh pachouri, mp)