Kochi, January 24: A convention of the South Zone chapter of All-India Lawyers Union today demanded setting up of Supreme Court benches in all four regions of the country.
A resolution adopted at the convention here asked the President and the Chief Justice of India to notify Supreme Court benches in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and “any suitable place in the southern states.”
Earlier inaugurating the convention, former supreme court Judge V R Krishna Iyer said benches of the apex court should be set up in all the four regions so that poor people could have access to the highest court of the country.
Majority of people were poor and hence travelling to Delhi to litigate their grievance was impossible, he said.
“The Supreme Court is for Indians or only for India.
–Agencies