 bill no lxii of 2008 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2008 a bill further to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2008 2 in article 130 of the constitution, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:— statement of objects and reasonsthere are at present 28 states and 7 union territories in the last 59 years, workload of the supreme court has increased with the result that there are a large number of cases pending in the supreme court, and as such, justice to the people has considerably been delayed there is a need to establish a permanent bench of the supreme court at hyderabad to deal with the cases of the southern states urgently as the people from these states have to travel all the way to new delhi in connection with their cases this will also reduce the expenditure to be incurred by the states or individuals who have to spend a lot of money coming from the states to the supreme court in delhi and engage the lawyers and arrange for their stay, etc in delhi it will also reduce arrears of the supreme court of india the idea behind this amendment is only to facilitate the work of the supreme court of india and not to bifurcate the present court or reduce its importancehence this billt  subbarami  reddy financial  memorandumthe bill if enacted will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india in respect of administration of the supreme court bench at hyderabad it is likely that it will involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees one crore per year and rupees fifty crore as a non-recurring expenditure 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, appoint                         ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india—————(dr t subbarami reddy, mp)gmgipmrnd—2540 rs(s5)—03072009