 bhi no 157 of it85 the supreme court (number of judges) amendment bill, 1985 a billfurther to amend the supreme court (number oj judges) act, 1956 be il enacted by parliament in the thirty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the supreme court (number of judges) short amendment act, 1985 title 5s of 1956 5 2 10 foil'dion 2 iir 'he supreme court (number of ludaes) ad, 1956 amend· te men! of fojr the word "sevenceen", the word "tweaty·five" lihal be substuu d seclion 2   statement of objects,and reason'sthe institution of cases in·the supreme court of india has incre~ from 14,501 in 1977 to 49,074 in 1984 and the pendency of eases has g  up frwn 14,109 in 197'f to 73,206 in 1984 the former chief justice 0 india proposed that, in view 'of such increase in the institution and pendency of c8ges, the number of judges may \;ie ~creased to expedite the disposal thereof the present chief justice of india has also agreed with the proposal accordingly, it is proposed to amend the supreme court (number of judges) act, 1956 to increase the maximum number of judges of' the supreme court, excluding the chief justice, from seventeen which had been fixed in 1977, to twenty':'jlve 2 the bill seeks to achieve the above object: new pam; the 9th august, 1985 a k sen, " "; the bill (vide clause 2) provides fol' an increase in the m"aximum t' strength of the supreme court by eight more judges the salary to be paid to each of these judges will be rs 400()!- per month and they will also be" entitled to the use of ;,tn official residence without payment of ~ent under rule 4 of the supreme court judges rules, 1959, city compensatory allowance of rs 75/~ per mo~ta, dearness, allowance of rs 22501- per month, conveyance allowance of rs 500:- per month and 'sumptuary a!-lowance of rs 300!- per month amounting to rs 85,500 per annum each judge will have to be provided with personal staff whose emoluments will be r~ \0400 per annum approximately the expenditure on each judge \vill be rs 1,65,900 per annum on salary and allowances, and rs 20,000 on qffice equipment at x:esidencethe additional expenditure of a recurring nature which is involved is likely to be about rs 1327 lakhs per annum in addition to the cost of maintaining official resijences" for the judges th~ additional expenditure of a non_recurring' nature which js involved iai iikely to be lu im lakhs  ~  -, , extract from the suprfme cou~t (number of judges) act, 1956  (550f 19~ - - - - -  2 the maximum nuulber of judges· of the supreme court ekoiudidj the chief justice of india, shall be seventeen maximum num-,er of supreme court judges "'her than chief justice   a billfurther to amend the supreme court (number of judges) act, 1956  - " ,(shit )asoke ~, 81ft, , - •  ~\ i j •••• " jlinwer of law flu juatice) 