Regional Supreme Court Benches and ‘Divisions’ of the Top Court
Vice-President of India has suggested that the Supreme Court institute four regional Benches to tackle the enormous backlog of cases, and to ensure their speedy disposal.
- In March 1984, the Tenth Law Commission of India (95th Report) under Justice K K Mathew recommended that “the Supreme Court of India should consist of two Divisions, namely (a) Constitutional Division, and (b) Legal Division”, and that “only matters of Constitutional law may be assigned to the proposed Constitutional Division”.
- Article 39A says that “the state shall secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice, on a basis of equal opportunity, and ....
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