<p>The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre and others on a petition seeking establishment of a National Court of Appeal with regional benches to adjudicate cases arising out of the High Courts.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit also sought response of the Law Ministry on the PIL filed by Puducherry-based advocate V Vasanthakumar.<br /><br />The court also appointed senior advocates K K Venugopal and Salman Khurshid as amicus curiae to assist it on adjudicating the issue raised by the petitioner.<br /><br />The court had earlier in 2014 asked the Centre to consider the plea by the advocate for establishing benches at Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata as the National Court of Appeal. <br />The government, however, had on December 3, 2014, rejected the proposal for setting up regional benches of the Supreme Court.<br /></p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre and others on a petition seeking establishment of a National Court of Appeal with regional benches to adjudicate cases arising out of the High Courts.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit also sought response of the Law Ministry on the PIL filed by Puducherry-based advocate V Vasanthakumar.<br /><br />The court also appointed senior advocates K K Venugopal and Salman Khurshid as amicus curiae to assist it on adjudicating the issue raised by the petitioner.<br /><br />The court had earlier in 2014 asked the Centre to consider the plea by the advocate for establishing benches at Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata as the National Court of Appeal. <br />The government, however, had on December 3, 2014, rejected the proposal for setting up regional benches of the Supreme Court.<br /></p>
