 bill no 119 of  2016 the high court of uttarakhand (establishment of a permanent bench at haridwar) bill, 2016 by dr ramesh pokhriyal 'nishank', mp a billto provide for the establishment of a permanent bench of the high court of uttarakhand at haridwarbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the high court of uttarakhand  (establishment of a permanent bench at haridwar) act, 2016establishment of a permanent bench of the high court of uttarakhand at haridwar2 there shall be established a permanent bench of the high court of uttarakhand atharidwar and such judges of the high court of uttarakhand, being not less than three in number, as the chief justice of that high court may from time to time nominate, shall sit at haridwar 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 haridwar, tehri, dehradun, uttarkashi, pauri, rudraprayag and chamoli statement of objects and reasonsjudiciary is an important pillar on which indian democracy rests when a person gets no relief from other quarters, judiciary is often his last resort but even in judiciary, in view of the large number of pending cases, there is not much possibility of getting speedy justice if justice is delayed, it amounts to denial of justice the population of uttarakhand is around 10,086,292 according to 2011 census out of total thirteen districts, seven districts fall in garhwal region the garhwal region includes haridwar, tehri, dehradun, uttarkashi, pauri, rudraprayag and chamoli districts having a population of around fifty-nine lakh the people living in these areas have to travel hundreds of kilometres to pursue their cases this is a painstaking, time consuming and costly exercise there has been a long pending demand to establish a bench of the high court of uttarakhand at haridwar with a view to dispensing speedy justice to the people living in the garhwal region of uttarakhand the establishment of a permanent bench of the high court of uttarakhand at haridwar will fulfil  the needs to the people of the areahence this billnew delhi;ramesh pokhriyal 'nishank'april 11, 2016 lok sabha———— a billto provide for the establishment of a permanent bench of the high court of uttarakhand at haridwar————(dr ramesh pokhriyal 'nishank', mp)gmgipmrnd—169l(s3)—02052016