THE HINDU has reported today that on a question whether the government was in favour of setting up of Supreme Court Benches, The Union Law Minister Dr. Moily said, the government was not in favour of regional Benches. But as in the United Kingdom, he said, “we are contemplating courts of appeal in various regions to restrict the appeals in criminal and civil cases so that the Supreme Court can concentrate on constitutional matters.”
Should Civil and Criminal jurisdictions of the Supreme Court be carved out and be given to another court established for that purpose?