 bill no  xxii  of  2014 the supreme court (establishment of a permanent bench at nagpur) bill, 2014 a billto provide for establishment of a permanent bench of the supreme court at nagpurbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the supreme court (establishment of a permanent bench at nagpur) act, 20145(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may by notification in the official gazette, appoint10establishment of a permanent bench of supreme court at nagpur2 there shall be established a permanent bench of the supreme court at nagpur with such number of judges of supreme court as the chief justice may with the approval of president decide, to exercise jurisdiction in respect of cases arising in the states of kerala, tamil nadu, andhra pradesh, karnataka, orissa, madhya pradesh, chhattisgarh, jharkhand, goa and maharashtra and the union territories of puducherry, dadra and nagar haveli,  lakshadweep and andaman and nicobar islands and such other territory as may be notified by the central government with the approval of the chief justice:provided that the number of judges at the bench at nagpur shall not be less than nine statement of objects and reasonsindia is the seventh largest country in the world in terms of area it is the second most populated country next to china however, there is only one bench of the supreme court to decide cases arising in whole of the country article 130 of the constitution says that 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 the language of the article clearly indicates that there was an intention of the founding fathers of the constitution to have more than one seat of the supreme court but so far no thought has been given to the idea of having another bench of the apex court despite the fact that the population of the country which was around 35 crore at the time of independence has now swollen to over 120 crore and there is proportionate increase in the cases in the supreme court litigant public has to travel thousands of kilometres to follow up their cases in the supreme court which is seated in delhi this not only adds to their financial burden but also results in wastage of a lot of time in travelling and staying in delhi the litigants in southern and central part of the country find it inconvenient and expensive therefore, its high time that a bench of the supreme court be established for the convenience of the public at large for which nagpur is the most appropriate placegeographically, nagpur is the most ideal place for setting up the bench of the apex court as it is almost at the centre of the country a bench of the supreme court at nagpur will provide a big relief to the litigant public of southern as well as the central part of the country and will provide them convenient and affordable justicehence this billvijay jawaharlal darda financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that there shall be a permanent bench of the supreme court at nagpur the bill, if enacted, will involved recurring expenditure from the consolidated fund of india to the tune of rupees two crore per annumhowever, a non-recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees fifty crore is also likely to be involved rajya  sabha———— a billto provide for establishment of a permanent bench of the supreme court at nagpur————(shri vijay jawaharlal darda, mp)gmgipmrnd—3058rs(s3)—28-11-2014