 bill no  131 of  2014 the high court at patna (establishment of a permanent bench at siwan) bill, 2014 by shri om prakash yadav, mp a billto provide for the establishment of a permanent bench of the high court at patna at siwanbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—establishment of a permanent bench of high court at patna at siwan52 there shall be established a permanent bench of the high court at patna at siwan and such judges of the high court at patna, being not less than five in number, as the chief justice of that high court may from time to time nominate, shall sit at siwan in order to exercise the jurisdiction and power for the time being vested in that high court in respect of cases arising in the districts of siwan, saran, gopalganj, east champaran, west champaran, sitamarhi, muzaffarpur and shivhar statement of objects and reasonsthe demand for the establishment of a permanent bench of the patna high court in the northern bihar is pending for a long time there has been a long pending demand for establishment of a bench at siwan but the said bench has not yet been established the patna high court is heavily burdened and lakhs of cases are pending in that high court the infrastructure available at patna high court is inadequate to dispose of such large number of cases the delay in disposal of cases is resulting in hardship for the people living particularly in north-western part of the state people of north-western bihar have to suffer on account of travelling long distance and incurring expenditure for attending their pending cases in the high court at patnathe bill, therefore, seeks to establish a permanent bench of high court at patna at siwan a permanent bench of the high court, if established at siwan, would go a long way in providing much needed relief to those who are not in position to bear the burden of expenditure on account of travelling to attend the hearings of their cases at the high court at patnahence this billnew delhi;om prakash yadavnovember 3, 2014 lok  sabha———— a billto provide for the establishment of a permanent bench of the high court at patna at siwan————(shri om prakash yadav, mp)gmgipmrnd—2660ls(s-3)—01122014