Four Supreme Courts - A Laughable Suggestion

Not in favour of disintegration of Supreme Court: CJI

Sat, Jan 30 04:13 PM
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan Saturday said he was not in favour of 'disintegration' of the Supreme Court by setting up four regional benches of the apex court as advised by the Law Commission.

'I am not in favour of the disintegration of the Supreme Court. Personally, I feel the Supreme Court cannot be in any other part of India. This is the highest court of the land and it is in the capital city of the land,' the chief justice said during the R.K. Jain Memorial Lecture here.

'It is a final court and we should maintain the integrity of the Supreme Court. There is nothing wrong in restructuring of the Supreme Court, but it cannot be disintegrated,' he emphasised.

The Chief Justice said filing of cases in the Supreme Court was increasing at a phenomenal rate. Over 50,000 cases are pending before the various benches.

The central government is closely examining the recommendation of the Law Commission to set up four 'cessation benches' in Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai and a federal court in the national capital exclusively devoted to examining constitutional issues - as a possible way to reduce the huge backlog of pending cases.

The 'cessation benches', according to the Law Commission recommendation, will have the power to deal with matters falling under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

However, the full court of the Supreme Court has till date rejected all proposals for setting up benches in the south or any other region of the country.

I fully agree with the CJI in the above.
There can be only one Supreme, there cannot be four Supremes.
All the states have their own high courts which could serve most of the purpose for which our law commission wants to set up new supreme courts.
I suspect an ulterior motive in the suggestion.
The law commission is made up of politicians who find the Supreme Court a thorn in their flesh. It reins them in when they go on their corruption spree.
The Supreme Court and the Election Commission are two wings of the government which has remained comparatively corruption free.
How can politicians stand that?
They would like to go on unhindered in their corruptible plans.
If the argument being forwarded by the Law Commission be extended why can't we have four Parliaments, or for that matter four Prime Ministers and four Presidents.
No, there, they will not give up their power to loot the country.
Sorry Law Commission.
We have seen through your motive.