 bill no 132 of  2015 the  supreme  court  of  india  (establishment  of  a  permanent bench  at  aurangabad)  bill, 2015 by shri chandrakant khaire, mp a billto provide for the establishment of a permanent bench of the supreme court  of india at aurangabad be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—establishment of a permanent bench of supreme court of india at aurangabad5102 there shall be established a permanent bench of the supreme court of india at aurangabad and such number of judges of the supreme court of india, being not less than eleven, as the chief justice of india may, from time to time, with the approval of the president, nominate, shall sit at aurangabad in order to exercise the jurisdiction and power for the time being vested in the supreme court of india in respect of cases arising in the states of kerala, tamil nadu,  andhra pradesh, karnataka, odisha, 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 territories as may be notified by the central government, from time to time, with approval of the chief justice of india statement of objects and reasonsindia is the seventh largest country in the world in terms of area it is the second most populous country next to china however, the seat of the supreme court of india is at delhi to decide cases arising in whole of the country article 130 of the constitution provides that the supreme court of india 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 article 130 clearly indicates that the intention of the founding fathers of the constitution was 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 kilometers to follow-up their cases in the supreme court which is seated in delhi this not only adds to financial burden but also result 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, it is high time that a bench of the supreme court of india be established for the convenience of the public at large for which aurangabad is the most appropriate placegeographically, aurangabad 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 of india at aurangabad 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 billnew delhi;chandrakant khaireapril 7, 2015—–—— president's  recommendation  under articles 117(1)  and  117(3)  of  the  constitution—–——[copy of  letter no k-15019/5/2015-us 1 dated 1 july, 2015 from shri dv sadananda 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(establishment of a permanent bench at aurangabad) bill, 2015 by shri chandrakant khaire, 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 aurangabad the bill, therefore, if enacted and brought into operation, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is not possible to estimate, at this stage, the exact amount of expenditure that will be involvedhowever, a recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty crore is likely to be involved per annum for the purpose of payment of allowances to the judges of the bench and payment of salaries to the court servantsa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty crore is likely to be involved for the construction of building of the court, etc and appointment of staff members———— a billto provide for the establishment of a permanent bench of the supreme court of india at aurangabad————(shri chandrakant khaire, mp)gmgipmrnd—378ls(s3)—17-07-2015