 bill no xi of 2015 the supreme court (establishment of a  permanent bench at kolkata) bill, 2015 a billto provide for the establishment of a permanent bench of the supreme court at kolkatabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the the supreme court (establishment of a permanent bench at kolkata) bill, 2015short title, extent & commencement5(2) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appointestablishment of a permanent bench of supreme court at kolkata102 there shall be estalished a permanent bench of the supreme court at kolkata with such number of judges of the supreme court as the chief justice of india, till the national judicial appointments commission comes into force, may with the approval of the president decide, to exercise jurisdiction in respect of cases arising in the states of west bengal, odisha, jharkhand, bihar, chhattisgarh, sikkim, meghalaya, assam, nagaland, manipur, mizoram, arunachal pradesh and tripura 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 kolkata shall not be less than five statement of objectives and reasonsthe pursuit of justice before law is a costly endeavour which has been made more expensive by chronic delays the logistical problems encountered by appellants aggravate costs and further delays moreover, the appellants are already burdened and are further shunned to face the ordeal of having to travel thousands of kilometres to the seat of the supreme court in delhi for their trial and the consequent follow up of their casesmoreover, the rate of pending court cases in the country has crossed the 3 crore mark, west bengal itself has 35 lakh appellants awaiting justice figures on the chronic backlog of court cases are an indictment of the country's beleaguered legal system the plight of persons awaiting trial needs to be understood and addressed it is not just the wastage of time but also an increased financial burden that makes the process inconvenient, cumbersome and expensivearticle 130 of the constitution of india 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 intension of the founding fathers of the constitution to have more than one seat of the supreme courthence, the bill seeks to establish a permanent bench of the supreme court at kolkata in west bengal calcutta high court is the oldest and geographically, kolkata is a strategic location for a permanent bench as it is easily accessible for litigants of central, eastern, south-eastern and especially north-eastern states this will provide for a robust mechanism to not only manage pendency of court cases but simultaneously makes the judical procedure for justice apportune, public-friendly and efficienthence, the billvivek  gupta financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that there shall be a permanent bench of the supreme court at kolkata the bill, if enacted, will involved recurring expenditure from the consolidated fund of india to the tune of rupees ten 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 the establishment of a permanent bench of the supreme court at kolkata————(shri vivek gupta, mp)gmgipmrnd—5361rs(s3)—13-03-2015