YSR Congress Party MP and Senior Advocate S Niranjan Reddy said that the measure could prove to be only a temporary solution.
“4 may not be the solution; this may only be a band-aid, but this will not be a complete solution.”
Reddy said that in 1956, when the Supreme Court had 11 judges, 2,362 cases were filed annually, amounting to 214 cases per judge. By 2025, around 75,000 cases were being filed with a sanctioned strength of 34 judges, taking the number to 2,218 cases per judge.
He proposed the creation of intermediate appellate courts to hear civil and criminal appeals from High Courts before they reach the Supreme Court.
Reddy also suggested an intra-court appeal to a High Court Division Bench against orders of single judges in bail, anticipatory bail and quashing matters. Such a change, he said, could reduce the Supreme Court’s workload by around 15 per cent.
He further proposed imposing substantial costs for frivolous litigation and setting up a Supreme Court Bench in South India, preferably Hyderabad.
