Establishment Of Permanent Regional Benches Of Supreme Court: Private Member Bill Introduced By Rajya Sabha Member P Wilson
3 years, 7 months ago

Establishment Of Permanent Regional Benches Of Supreme Court: Private Member Bill Introduced By Rajya Sabha Member P Wilson

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Rajya Sabha Member and senior lawyer P Wilson has introduced a Private Member Bill termed as the Constitution Bill, 2020 that seeks to establish 4 Permanent Regional Benches of the Supreme Court in a bid to decentralise the Supreme Court. Highlights of the Bill: • The Bill proposes to amend Article 130 of the Constitution so as to constitute a total of 5 Supreme Court Benches- one Bench at New Delhi which shall hear Constitutional cases and 4 other Permanent Regional Benches for the northern, southern, eastern and western regions of the country which shall sit at New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai respectively. • The Permanent Regional Benches of the Supreme Court shall exercise the full jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India, except over cases to be heard by the Constitution Bench. • Nothing shall prevent the Chief Justice of India from nominating any Judge of the Supreme Court to the Constitution Bench or any of the Permanent Regional Benches on the basis of seniority or if it is otherwise necessary to do so in the interest of administration of justice.

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