“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.”
– Haile Selassie
It is not some fictional story but in reality that most internationally acclaimed BBC News India has itself published a column blog titled “Justice on hold: India court crippled by a million-case backlog” published just shortly expressing its grave concern that, “With more than a million cases pending, it is among the most overburdened courts in the country. Matters ranging from criminal trials to property and family disputes have been pending here for decades, leaving thousands of people in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, trapped in legal limbo. Uncertain hearing dates hit people hard, especially in West Uttar Pradesh. Lawyers have long urged the court to set up another bench – a branch of the high court in a different city to ease access and speed up hearings – in the western part of the state. Earlier, this year, the state government reportedly urged the high court to set up another bench, but the latter was later withdrawn for unknown reasons.” On the notion that except Lucknow, no place in UP is fit to have a Bench, let’s once and for all bust this baseless balloon created and made very big by vested quarters without any rhyme or reason! The earlier this is done, the better it shall be!
It will definitely not tantamount to an exaggeration if one says that, “If UP fall, India falls, if UP thrive, India thrives.” Still why is UP being deprived mercilessly without any rational from having multiple High Court Benches despite being the most populated State of India with maximum number of pending cases? It is really indiscernible as to why West UP owes for majority of pending cases of Allahabad High Court and still has not even a single High Court Bench or even Circuit Bench even though Justice Jaswant Singh Commission headed by former Supreme Court Judge appointed by Centre itself recommended permanent seat of High Court Bench in West UP at Agra for 30 districts about 50 years ago? Why on recommendations of Justice Jaswant Singh Commission, we saw High Court Bench created at Aurangabad in Maharashtra for just 9 districts which already had multiple High Court Benches at Nagpur and Panaji? Most recently, fifth High Court Bench created in Maharashtra at Kolhapur for just 6 districts with just 1.64 lakh people but for West UP with 30 districts and more than 10 crores people not even a single Bench approved till date most shamelessly! Why litigants of West UP attached with not even Lucknow which falls much earlier but right uptill Allahabad which is more than 700-800 km on average most stupidly? Why both High Court at Allahabad and High Court Bench in Lucknow are in Eastern UP only?
It is definitely absolutely mind blowing to see that West UP whose area of 98,000 square km is even more than that of Bihar of 94,000 square km which has High Court but West UP has not even a single High Court Bench nor even a single High Court Circuit Bench yet neither Centre which gets people’s mandate nor Supreme Court which is the final custodian of protecting the fundamental rights of people ever bother to even seriously think about it! The population of West UP is more than nearly all the States in India yet has not even a single Bench! Pragmatically speaking, it would have been far much better if West UP with 30 districts and more than 10 crores people had multiple High Court Benches! But what is most bone-chilling to note is that West UP does not have even a single High Court Circuit Bench since last nearly 80 years of independence yet Apex Court has never dared to willingly take suo motu cognizance of this “open fraud”, “open dacoity” and “open molestation” with what is enshrined in Article 14 of Constitution pertaining to “right to equality” which is a fundamental right for all citizens of India!
By any reckoning, the full form of Apex Court we all know is “Supreme Court of India” and not “Supreme Court of Discrimination”! Then why the hell Supreme Court has been hands-in-glove with Centre in most dastardly ensuring that only few elite States alone like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh have multiple High Court Benches alone and regions like Eastern UP alone have both High Court at Allahabad and High Court Bench in Lucknow on what basis and on what grounds? Does this not tantamount to a worst travesty of justice right under the nose of the Supreme Court which is considered the ultimate ray of hope for the litigants just like for voters it is Centre whom they elect for such a long spell of time from which not just one party but crores of people especially litigants from hilly areas of undivided UP suffered the most till UP was partitioned in 2000 and so also West UP and lawless Bihar who are still suffering the most due to no High Court Bench? Both Supreme Court and Centre need to always remember what Martin Luther King, Jr once said so famously that, “Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.”
It was very rightly held by the Apex Court itself in Mahipal vs Rajesh Kumar AIR 2020 SC 670 that, “Justice should not only be done but manifestly seen to be done.” Be under no illusions: It is Centre and so also Apex Court who are most culpable for not doing just anything to resolve the deadlock on creating a High Court Bench in West UP and lawless Bihar at the earliest even after nearly 80 years of independence! The most fundamental point that I wish to raise here is: How long will Centre and Supreme Court remain hell bent in depriving West UP and lawless Bihar from having even a single Bench while ensuring more High Court Benches for States like Maharashtra with impunity which already had not only multiple High Court Benches but also maximum Benches?
The most fundamental issue that confronts Indian judiciary today is: Why Supreme Court is permitting most atrocious, authoritarian, arbitrary, arrogant discrimination and so also most raw, ruthless, rotten, rampant and so also most dastardly, discriminatory, divisive, dubious, derisive, dangerous and double standards discrimination and so also most brutal, baseless, blind, brainless and blatant discrimination perpetrated in distribution of High Court and so also High Court Bench and so also High Court Circuit Benches in different States and different regions so callously, calmly and cunningly with not only Centre but even Supreme Court watching everything like a hopeless, hapless and helpless spectator since last about 80 years of independence despite having been vested with so wide discretionary powers by Constitution only to be dumped till date in the backyard with litigants of West UP ultimately bearing the most worst brunt!
It is most shocking that UP which is among the largest States, has maximum population – more than 26 crore as CM Yogi Adityanath and so also PM Narendra Modi always so very proudly claims, maximum districts – 75, maximum constituencies – 80, maximum MPs – 80, maximum MLAs – 404, maximum PM including Narendra Modi who represents Varanasi as an MP, maximum pending cases – more than 11 lakh in Allahabad High Court and here too West UP accounts for more than half of pending cases as noted by Justice Jaswant Commission about 57% and now after so many decades the percentage of pending cases in West UP has gone substantially much higher, maximum cases in lower courts about to touch 1 crore, maximum cases in High Courts more than 11 lakhs and here too majority more than 6 lakhs from West UP, maximum Judges both in High Court – 160 and also in lower courts, maximum vacancies of Judges both in High Court and also in lower courts, maximum members in UP Bar Council few lakhs and which is also the largest Bar Council in the world as claimed in the website itself of UP Bar Council yet the former Chairman of UP Bar Council – Darvesh Yadav who was the first woman to get appointed to this post was murdered cold blooded right in court premises in Agra which is again in West UP on June 12, 2019 by pumping bullets on her head and stomach, maximum poverty, maximum villages more than one lakh the exact number being 107040, maximum gram panchayats at 74626, maximum fake encounters killings, maximum custody killings, maximum dowry cases, maximum bride burning cases, maximum cases of human rights violations, maximum robberies, maximum dacoities, maximum cases of crime, loot, arson and riots and here too West UP tops with Saharanpur riots, Meerut riots, Muzaffarnagar riots tarnishing our international reputation to the extent that former UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon termed UP as “crime and rape capital” of India and just recently we see after Bahraich then Fatehpur disturbances and now most recently in Bareilly in West UP coming in news for shameless communal disturbances most recently, maximum undertrials in all age groups and what not yet Centre till now in September 2025 from July 1948 when a Bench was created in Lucknow which is so close to Allahabad and where it was just not needed at all is not prepared to create even a single bench for not just West UP but for the entire UP nor even ready to attach 30 districts of West UP with more than 10 crore population which is more than majority of States with Lucknow? How can Centre ever deny, distort or dispute such most irrefutable facts? What exacerbates matters is Centre stonewalling any attempt to create a Bench in West UP or any other part of UP except Eastern UP! The takeaway is clear: Centre is damn bothered to address it seriously and Supreme Court is also not taking suo motu cognizance of it for which no PIL is required to be filed!
Hon’ble CJI Mr BR Gavai very sagaciously pointed out precisely observing that, “To get justice to the man standing at the last mile was important and thus, there has to be decentralization of the judicial system.” This definitely hundred percent applies to West UP and lawless Bihar also! How long will Centre keep fudging, keep fuming needlessly and keep forwarding lame excuses and keep dilly-dallying on such a most pressing issue for an inordinately long spell of time?
It is definitely as clear as broad daylight that which State needs more High Court Benches! It is UP which tops the State list in having maximum number of pending cases in India and here too it is West UP which owes for majority of the pending cases of UP as was conceded even by Justice Jaswant Singh Commission itself and contributes maximum to State’s economy yet accorded step-motherly treatment as UP has just one Bench so close to Allahabad High Court at Lucknow since July 1948 when even Constitution had not been enacted and lawless Bihar has still not even a single Bench despite its population being more than most of the States except UP! This is the real tragedy and real worst discrimination in distribution of High Court Benches in different States! How can any CJI ever decide to remain wholly silent on this shocking, shameless and senseless discrimination? Denial of even a single Bench to West UP is wholly untenable and needs to be given a Bench at the earliest without any more dilly-dallying now!
Can any sane person on earth in his right senses ever support setting up of both High Court and a single Bench for the most populated State of India with more than 25 crores population which is more than Pakistan that is Uttar Pradesh in a particular region that is Eastern UP with High Court at Allahabad and a single High Court Bench in Lucknow so close to each other and then most ruthlessly attach litigants of 30 districts of West UP and hilly areas of undivided UP with not even Lucknow which falls much earlier but right uptill Allahabad which culminated in agitation for separate Statehood by people of hilly areas and Uttarakhand was created 25 years ago on November 9, 2000 with separate High Court?
It is most earth shattering to note that Centre has most shamelessly ensured since last 79 years of independence that West UP with more than 10 crore people which contributes more than half to the State’s economy and so also owes for majority of the pending cases of Allahabad High Court and yet most mercilessly been deprived from having even a single High Court Bench leave alone having High Court as ideally it should be! It will definitely not be an exaggeration by any reckoning if I say that Supreme Court in last about 80 years has relentlessly and most grievously erred by not allowing even a single High Court in any nook and corner of Uttar Pradesh other than at Lucknow which is so close to Allahabad where High Court itself is located and most atrociously attached litigants of 30 districts of West UP and hilly areas of undivided UP with not even Lucknow which is more than 230 km closer but right uptill Allahabad most astoundingly to seek justice which in itself is the biggest betrayal of Constitution, deepest burial of justice and worst mockery of poorest litigants of hilly areas of undivided UP who had to travel thousands of kilometers all the way till not even Lucknow but right uptill Allahabad which under no circumstances can ever be justified! Does this not tantamount to a worst travesty of justice right under the nose of the Supreme Court for such a long spell of time from which not just one party but crores of people especially litigants from hilly areas of undivided UP and West UP suffered the most?
It is none other than Supreme Court which has behaved most worst in most despotic manner in this world by not ever till date for 79 long years ever taking suo motu cognizance of not just ‘open cheating’ but more appropriate would it be to say that “open dacoity” and “open plunder” in the distribution of High Court Benches in different States and different regions and so also in creation of new States where worst form of discrimination is ruling the roost! It is absolutely heart wrenching to see that for just 6 districts of Western Maharashtra with a population of just 1.64 lakh people, the fifth High Court Bench of Maharashtra at Kolhapur has started functioning from 18-8-2025. In protest, the lawyers of 22 districts of West UP unitedly decided to boycott work on 4.8.2025 and stage demonstrations and submit memorandum reiterating the age old demand for High Court Bench in West UP so that people get easy and affordable justice just like Maharashtra – “justice at doorsteps”! On 20.09.2025, the lawyers of West UP and the people staged massive protests to demonstrate their anger at West UP with more than 10 crores people being denied even a Bench! But who cares? It is hardly ever reported in national newspapers and never in any news channels but now BBC news channel has reported it!
Of course, this most third rated discrimination in allotment of High Court and High Court Benches in different States and different regions is completely unacceptable and CJI and Supreme Court must take suo motu cognizance of it and not be a silent and hapless spectator of what all is going on! CJI Mr Justice BR Gavai must also introspect seriously that why 30 districts of West UP with more than 10 crores people not just 1.64 lakh people like we see in Kolhapur in Maharashtra where fifth High Court Bench has started functioning and still have been most shockingly denied for so long even a single High Court Circuit Bench for whom the architect of Constitution – Dr BR Ambedkar had most vociferously recommended also separate Statehood itself and Justice Jaswant Singh Commission headed by former Supreme Court Judge appointed by Centre itself had recommended about 50 years ago permanent seat of High Court Bench at Agra yet not created till date! This is because CJI is Chief Justice of India and not just Chief Justice of Maharashtra only and so he must definitely ensure equality in distribution of High Court Benches among all the States which most unfortunately we don’t see happening right now! Most disgusting indeed!
How long will few elite States always be coddled, even at the cost of truth that it is UP which tops the States list in having maximum number of pending cases and still only one Bench in Eastern UP so close to Allahabad but West UP which owes for majority of pending cases of Allahabad High Court has no High Court Bench, not even a single High Court Circuit Bench! Yet Supreme Court has never bothered to do anything on this! Inexcusably, even Apex Court has never dared to take suo motu cognizance of it!
It is known all too well that Dr BR Ambedkar recommended separate Statehood for West UP and Justice Jaswant Singh Commission separate High Court Bench only to be dumped by Centre in the nearest backyard without any remorse or regret! Why only a handful of elite States like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka and Assam alone have multiple High Court Benches even though 230th Report of Law Commission of India headed by former Supreme Court Judge – Late Dr AR Lakshmanan had strongly recommended multiple High Court Benches for States most uniformly and on what basis? Population of Madhya Pradesh is just 7 crores, of Karnataka just 6 crores and of Assam just 4 crores!
The Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court has jurisdiction over just nine districts: Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Beed, Dhule, Jalna, Jalgaon, Latur, Nanded, Osmanabad and Parbhani. It serves the Marathwada region of Maharashtra and created in 1980s as recommended by Justice Jaswant Singh Commission which recommended maximum 3 High Court Benches for undivided UP including permanent Bench for West UP yet not one created culminating in partition of Uttar Pradesh 25 years ago! Also, the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court has territorial jurisdiction over just ten districts of Nagpur, Akola, Amravati, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Wardha and Yavatmal. Panaji Bench of Bombay High Court has jurisdiction over mere two districts – North Goa and South Goa. The Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench at Kurnool has jurisdiction over just eight districts of Rayalaseema. The Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh (MP) High Court covers only five districts – Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Datia and Ashoknagar. The Indore Bench of MP High Court has jurisdiction over 13 districts of Alirajpur, Barwani, Dewas, Dhar, Indore, Jhabua, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rajgarh, Shajapur, Ujjain and Khargone (West Nimar). The Jalpaiguri Bench of Calcutta High Court in West Bengal has jurisdiction over only four districts – Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar. Port Blair High Court Bench of Calcutta High Court has jurisdiction not over a district but only Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Gulbarga High Court Bench of Karnataka High Court had initially jurisdiction over just four districts of Bidar, Bijapur, Gulbarga (Kalaburagi) and Raichur and then expanded to cover six districts including Yadgir and Bellary. The Dharwad Bench of Karnataka High Court has jurisdiction over just 8 districts of Bagalkot, Dharwad, Bellary, Belgaum, Gadag, Haveri, Uttara Kannada (Karwar) and Koppal districts.
Why only a handful of elite States like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka and Assam alone have multiple High Court Benches and on what basis even though 230th Report of Law Commission of India headed by former Supreme Court Judge – Late Dr AR Lakshmanan had strongly recommended multiple High Court Benches for all States? Prescribing a band-aid solution to a malignant problem that demands radical surgery will take us nowhere except on the surest way to disaster! Why Supreme Court never dares to lash out ever at this most brazen, blind, brutal, blatant and baseless discrimination perpetrated in distribution of High Court Benches in not only different States but also different regions like in UP it is only Eastern UP alone which has both High Court and High Court Bench leaving other regions completely unrepresented including hilly areas as long as it formed part of UP, West UP, Purvanchal and Bundelkhand? Why the hell Supreme Court has tolerated most absurdly for so long and is still tolerating such most worst form of dastardly, divisive and double standard absurd discrimination perpetrated against different regions of same State like in UP or between different States and so also in allocating Statehood to different States with very less population as in case of Telangana with just 3 or 3.5 crore people with separate High Court and separate capital but for West UP with more than 10 crore people, Centre finds unable to create even a single Bench not even a Circuit Bench? How horrible!
To put it gently and objectively speaking, it would not be completely off the mark to say that it is West UP where High Court should now be shifted as majority of pending cases are also from West UP as was conceded by Justice Jaswant Singh Commission also 50 years ago and now pending cases have risen much higher! But what I find most deeply unsettling and so also most perplexing to note is that West UP has not even a High Court Bench nor even just a High Court Circuit Bench and still Supreme Court says nothing! When will it speak up? It must speak up now fearlessly in the interest of justice so that the poorest litigants of West UP stands to gain the most and don’t just keep on suffering endlessly with no end in sight for no fault of theirs!
One must candidly ask: Why is it glossed over that even most eminent legal luminaries and stalwarts like late Mr Ram Jethmalani, late Mr Soli J Sorabjee, Mr Kapil Sibal etc have all time and again reiterated the dire need for setting up a High Court Bench in West UP? Why is it conveniently ignored that Sorabjee himself as Attorney General of India had said in 2001 that, “Centre can create a High Court Bench in West UP without any recommendation from the State Government or the Chief Justice or Governor”? It was in 2001 that lawyers of West UP went on 6 months strike from July to December and so also 6 months strike in 2014-15 apart from Saturday strike since last about 50 years and so many other strikes including hunger strike for High Court Bench in West UP!
Why is it also not taken into account that Mr Kapil Sibal as Union Law Minister had recommended for High Court Bench in West UP at Meerut in UPA regime? Why is it ignored that even former Supreme Court Bar Association President BN Krishnamani had said that, “Only by the creation of a high court bench in West UP will the people living there get real and effective justice. It should not be denied to them rather should be given at the earliest.”
With a very heavy heart, I want to say that Centre has been most deadly biased in denying West UP and lawless Bihar even a single Bench! You don’t need a telescope to see that which State should have maximum High Court Benches as it is the most populated State of India with maximum number of pending cases! How long will Supreme Court be in hibernation mode on this count and keep watching with folded hands like a spectator with 79 years already flown under the bridge of time? It has to be acknowledged with grace that denial of even a single High Court Bench to West UP which owes for majority of pending cases of UP which is also highest for any region in India is not only most dangerous and most deleterious but also most disastrous, most despicable and most discriminatory indeed!
My point is very clear: This definitely cannot under any circumstances continue endlessly! I am of the considered view that Centre is taking far too long for deciding in an “open and shut” case of High Court Bench in West UP! What I find really most troubling and so also most demoralizing is that this key issue directly pertains to judiciary and it is a grave violation of what is envisaged in Article 14 about equality in Constitution yet Apex Court also has most astoundingly and inexplicably desisted in last nearly 80 years of independence in taking a proactive stand on it and in ensuring that West UP has a High Court Bench so that the litigants don’t keep on suffering endlessly!
It is a no-brainer that if Supreme Court still does not act soon in ensuring complete impartiality in creation of High Court and High Court Benches and so also High Court Circuit Benches in different States and different regions then it will be squarely held responsible for denigrating, denuding and destroying its own reputation in eyes of people of being totally impartial in dispensation of justice! There can be thus just no gainsaying that Apex Court and so also Centre must definitely always remember itself the permanent validity of the time-tested dictum that, “Justice must not only be done but also must be seen to be done.” No denying it!
Will creation of more High Court Benches ensure or hinder the rule of law? No prizes for guessing the clear writing on the wall! Why the most legitimate voice of the litigants of West UP for a High Court Bench has been throttled for so long despite West UP owing for majority of pending cases of UP and contributing to more than 80% of State’s economy? The crux of the problem is: Centre is least interested in taking any pains to seriously resolve this long pending issue which definitely has to be roundly and most strongly condemned!
Why is Centre so ambivalent and inimical in taking any proactive step that goes a long way in resolving this key issue at the earliest? One can’t fathom that why Centre has behaved so partially, so irrationally and so undemocratically that the most populated State of India with maximum number of pending cases was given only one Bench and that too very close to Allahabad itself and worst of all attached litigants of West UP and hilly areas of undivided UP with not even Lucknow which is more than 230 km earlier but right uptill Allahabad as if India was still being ruled by colonial Britishers with even Lahore in Pakistan closer to West UP as compared to Allahabad High Court? This is exactly that has led to catastrophic results and culminated in partition of UP into UP and Uttarakhand in 2000 because Uttarakhand was denied even a Circuit Bench as long as it formed part of UP even though Justice Jaswant Singh Commission had recommended two High Court Benches at Dehradun and Nainital! Will any democratic country behave in such autocratic manner?
Is this democratic or autocratic style of functioning? Centre’s approach in this regard in last nearly 80 years has been most diabolically outrageous and has to be most strongly condemned! Why these elected representatives are behaving like monarchs depriving the people from having easy and affordable justice at doorsteps is truly incomprehensible?
No doubt, Centre needs to take off the rose coloured glasses and see the ground reality on how partially it has acted by depriving West UP from having even a single Bench for so long! Plainly speaking, why can’t Centre be more accommodative in its approach in ensuring to say the very least multiple High Court Benches for big States like UP, Rajasthan and Bihar? When PM Modi talks of “Nagrik Devo Bhava (the citizen should be served like God), it’s a statement of aspirational hope and just a myth, not a lived reality because litigants of 30 districts of West UP have to travel by train whole night and nearly a day all the way till Allahabad to seek justice which in itself is the biggest injustice that cannot be ever justified nor can be just glossed over! What is at stake is the right of the litigants to get speedy and affordable justice at doorsteps!
Why this High Court Bench issue in West UP has most mysteriously remained in limbo for so long? When will the creation of a Bench in West UP reach its final leg? Why can’t Centre bury the hatchet and move forward to balance the regional imbalance of Eastern UP having both High Court at Allahabad and a single Bench at Lucknow so close to each other and West UP inspite of owing for majority of pending cases of UP for whom Justice Jaswant Singh Commission recommended permanent seat of High Court Bench yet even after nearly 50 years not even a Bench created nor even a Circuit Bench created! What I find most deeply unsettling is that even now we see that neither the Supreme Court nor Centre is ready to open its eyes and take most concrete action to dismember the most historical, Himalayan blunder committed about 80 years ago! Denying West UP and Bihar even a single High Court Bench is not just illogical but also deeply insensitive, deeply flawed, deeply arrogant and most deeply discriminatory also that has gone unnoticed, unchecked and unaddressed for so long!
I must add that it is certainly high time now and the worst discrimination that has been perpetrated in judiciary itself since last 75 years of completion of Constitution must be definitely addressed at the earliest! Frustration stems in minds of litigants of West UP due to no Bench in this region inspite of such a huge population of more than 10 crores which is more than majority of the States in India and so also majority of the countries in the world! Centre must appreciate that High Court Benches are tools to be used to strengthen speedy justice and “justice at doorsteps” as recommended most strongly and most sagaciously by the 230th Report of Law Commission of India prepared under Chairmanship of former Supreme Court Judge Late Dr AR Lakshmanan and other legal experts for all States and High Court Benches are not some gold ornaments to be just locked up in few elite States alone as per ruling elite own whims and fancies as we see most unfortunately and most disgracefully since last nearly eight decades! How long will Supreme Court also keep turning a blind eye to it?
To conclude, the incumbent CJI – Hon’ble Mr Justice BR Gavai must always remember that, “CJI is Chief Justice of not just Maharashtra but of India as a whole”. He must definitely ensure that a High Court Bench is created in West UP also and so also in lawless Bihar where it is needed most before he hangs his boots and not just that only one State that is Maharashtra which already had multiple High Court Benches is armed additionally with one more Bench! There can be just no denying or disputing it!
Similarly PM Mr Narendra Damodardas Modi must also remember that he is MP from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and PM of India and not just Chief Minister of Maharashtra! Both Supreme Court and Centre like a conductor’s hand, must always remain steady and impartial but on ground, we see that it is a far cry as both Supreme Court and Centre are equally guilty in trampling most ruthlessly in what is enshrined in Constitution in Article 14 when it comes to equality in the distribution of High Court and High Court Benches and High Court Circuit Benches in different regions and in different States! Supreme Court must also remember that its job is not just to pass judgment but also to ensure that justice is done equally with all and discrimination is done with none! Let us still fervently hope and pray also that better sense finally and ultimately prevails on both the Supreme Court and so also Centre or at least on one of them so that both lawless Bihar and West UP finally get High Court Bench which they so richly deserves also and so also other deserving regions in different States whose voice no one is hearing till date and are suffering alone in deafening silence with 100 years of independence standing virtually at the doorsteps with both Centre and Supreme Court doing virtually just nothing to really redress their long standing genuine grievances!
Sanjeev Sirohi