 bill no 6 of  2016 the supreme court of india (establishment of a permanent bench at guntur) bill, 2016 by shri jayadev galla, mp a billto provide for the establishment of a permanent bench of the supreme court of india at gunturbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:— bench at guntur) act, 2016in respect of cases arising in the states of andhra pradesh, telangana, tamil nadu, karnataka, kerala, odisha, chhattisgarh, madhya pradesh, the union territories of puducherry, dadra and nagar haveli, lakshadweep and andaman and nicobar islands and such other territories as may be notified by the central government with the approval of the chief justice of india from time to time5 statement of objects and reasonsdemands for supreme court benches to quicken the process of justice and reduce the burden on the apex court which is now bogged down by 70,000 cases have been going on for many years secondly, distance of the apex court in the national capital from other parts of the country coupled with high travel expenses and cost of litigation were coming in the way of citizens from the far-flung areas to approach the top court of the land, which otherwise is also burdened with large-scale of pendency of casesa five-judges bench of the supreme court in bihar legal support society vs chief justice of india and another, in 1986, found the desirability to establish the supreme court benches in north, south, east and western india and said that the present apex court should only entertain cases involving questions of constitutional and public lawthe law commission of india in its 125th report, 1998 titled "the supreme court a fresh look" had stated, "the supreme court sits in delhi alone the government of india, on a couple of occasions, sought the opinion of the supreme court of india for setting up of a bench in the south this proposal did not find favour with the supreme court the result is that those coming from distant places like andhra pradesh, kerala, tamil nadu, etc, in south have to spend huge amount on travel to reach the supreme court"the law commission in its 229th report, 2009 had reiterated that benches be set up each in the northern, southern, western and eastern parts of the country to deal with all appellate work arising out of orders/judgments of the state high courtsbefore the reorganisation of the state of andhra pradesh, between 1953 and 1956, the andhra high court used to function from guntur but, after formation of andhra pradesh state, as part of the states' reorganisation process in 1956, the andhra high court was merged with andhra pradesh high court and was shifted to hyderabadafter bifurcation of the state of andhra pradesh in 2014, guntur has finally been selected as the new capital of andhra pradesh and the process of constructing a new capital is on its wings the inauguration of construction of capital was also made on 22nd october, 2015 the capital is going to be a world-class one with most modern and latest facilities as guntur is centrally located and easily accessible to all southern states, the bill, therefore, proposes to have a bench of the supreme court in guntur to help the crore of people residing in southern states to get legal remedy without going to the national capital of delhi at their doorstepsthe bill aims to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;jayadev gallanovember 13, 2015———— the supreme court of india (establishment of a  permanent bench at guntur) bill, 2016 by shri jayadev galla, mp[copy of letter no k-15019/15/2015-us1 dated 14 january, 2016 from shri dvsadananda gowda, minister of law and justice to the secretary general, lok sabha]the president, having been informed of the subject matter of the supreme court of india (establishment of a permanent bench at guntur) bill, 2016 by shri jayadev galla, mp, recommends the introduction of the bill under article 117(1) and consideration under article 117(3) of the constitution in lok sabha financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for the establishment of a permanent bench of the supreme court of india at guntur the bill, therefore, if enacted and brought into operation, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees five crore is likely to be involved per annum for the purpose of payment of allowance to the judges of the bench and payment of salaries to the court servantsa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore may be involved for the construction of building of the court, etc and appointment of staff members lok  sabha———— a billto provide for the establishment of a permanent bench of the supreme court at guntur————(shri jayadev galla, mp)gmgipmrnd—4190ls(s3)—12-02-2016