New Delhi, January 30
Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan today opposed the proposal for setting up regional Benches of the Supreme Court, stating that it would dilute the importance of the apex court.
“I feel the Supreme Court cannot be in any other part of India…. It is the final court and we should maintain its integrity,” the CJI said at a function here.
His views come just days after Law Minister M Veerappa Moily told reporters that he had sought the opinion of Attorney General GE Vahanvati on the suggestion made by the Law Commission.
The Commission had recommended the setting up of regional Benches of the apex court in Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai. The CJI said there was nothing wrong in restructuring the highest court but it cannot be “disintegrated.”
