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1 TO BE INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA Bill No. 6 of 2015 THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH (ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT BENCH AT BHOPAL) BILL, 2015 By SHRI ALOK SANJAR, M.P. A BILL to provide for establishment of a permanent Bench of the High Court at Bhopal. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. (1) This Act may be called the High Court of Madhya Pradesh (Establishment of a Short title. Permanent Bench at Bhopal) Act, 2015. 5 2. There shall be established a permanent Bench of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh Establishment at Bhopal and such Judges of the High Court at Madhya Pradesh, being not less than three of a Perma- in number, as the Chief Justice of that High Court may from time to time nominate, shall sit at nent Bench of High Court Bhopal in order to exercise the jurisdiction and power for the time being vested in that High of Madhya Court in respect of cases arising in the districts of Bhopal, Raisen, Rajgarh, Sehore, Vidisha, Pradesh at 10 Betul, Harda and Hoshangabad. Bhopal. STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. However, the High Court of the State is located at Jabalpur. Madhya Pradesh being a vast State, people face a lot of inconvenience to travel long distances to reach the High Court to pursue their cases. This is time consuming and also expensive. There has been a long pending demand from the people of the State for establishing a Bench of the High Court at the capital of the State. If a Bench of the Hight Court is established at Bhopal, it would greatly help the people belonging to Bhopal, Raisen, Rajgarh, Sehore, Vidisha, Betul, Harda and Hoshangabad districts to effectively pursue their cases. Hence this Bill. NEW DELHI; ALOK SANJAR December 2, 2014. 2 LOK SABHA ———— A BILL to provide for the establishment of a permanent Bench of the High Court at Bhopal. ———— (Shri Alok Sanjar, M.P.) GMGIPMRND—4163LS(S3)—05-02-2015..