Ruling out any move to set up a bench of the Supreme Court outside Delhi, Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily said the Law Ministry has an open mind on forming Courts of Appeal (COA) on the lines of the courts in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Interacting with a group of newspersons, Mr Moily said the idea to set up COA was just a means to meet the growing demands of the regions.
The verdict of these courts will be deemed as final and no appeal can lie before the Supreme Court from the decisions of this court. This will be an additional tier in the justice administration system, he said.
However, any decision on the matter will be taken only after discussions. ‘We have not moved an inch but the Government is open to suggestions and there has been no concrete position,’ he said, adding that the Chief Justice of India too had made a mention of the need for having such Courts.
On the demand for the SC benches in the regions, he said it is a closed chapter adding that the Attorney General had opposed such Benches.
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