as introduced in lok sabha bill no 127 of  2012 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2012 byshri r thamaraiselvan, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—1  this act may be called the constitution  (amendment)  act, 2012short title"(2) there shall be established a permanent bench of the supreme court at chennai, consisting of such number of judges of the supreme court as the chief justice of india may from time to time determine, but not less than five in number, to exercise the powers and jurisdiction for the time being vested in the supreme court in respect of cases arising in the states of andhra pradesh, karnataka, kerala and tamil nadu and the union territory of puducherry"5 statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe supreme court, which is the apex court of justice in the country, is located in delhi the litigants have to come to delhi in connection with their cases in supreme court a large number of people also have to come to delhi in response to the summons of the supreme courtindia being such a vast country, all such visits to the supreme court from far off places exact a very high cost in terms of time and money from litigants this is more so in case of people coming from southern india from the administrative point of view also, serving of notices, paper work, postal exigencies in regard to distant places are leading to staggering of cases, postponement, ex parte decisions, etc the location of the apex court in delhi is one of the major reasons behind delays in delivery of justiceunder  these circumstances, creation of a bench of the supreme court in southern india is the need of the hourchennai, the cyber city of the nation, is ideally suited for the purpose as the infrastructure and other facilities are already available there it is also well connected both within the region and with delhiin case a bench of the supreme court is set up in chennai, it would not only save the time and money of the litigants but will also help in expeditious disposal of casesthe bill accordingly seeks to amend the constitution of india financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for establishment of a permanent bench of the supreme court at chennai the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty lakh per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five crore is also likely to be involved annexure extract from the constitution of india     130 the supreme court shall sit in delhi or in such other place or places, as the chief justice of india may, with the approval of the president, from time to time, appointseat of supreme court     ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri r thamaraiselvan, mp)gmgipmrnd—3271ls(s3)—21112012