Chief Minister writes a detail letter to the Prime Minister

Published By : Admin | November 28, 2008 | 08:18 IST

Hindustan is fully committed to uproot Terrorism

National-Resolve and Political “Will is inevitable for the Internal security of the nation

Convene an Emergency Meet of the Chief Ministers of all the States to discuss the Strategy for annihilating Terrorism

Demands Joint Meeting with the Indian Navy for the Coastal Security “Central Government should convene a special meet for the Coastal States

In a letter to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohansingh, Chief Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi has made an appeal to convene an urgent meet of all the Chief Ministers to tackle the crisis and threat posed by the terrorism, and to discuss the strategy for ensuring internal security of the country.

Condemning the recent terror attacks in Mumbai, Shri Narendrabhai Modi has drawn the attention towards damage to the internal security of the nation; he observed that Political Will and National resolve is inevitable. Central agencies, all the States must sit together for chalking out the strategy to ensure the internal security of the country, and to define the agenda to achieve the goal.

In a strong appeal to the P.M. Dr Manmohansingh, Chief Minister has stressed the need to call an urgent meet with the Indian Navy and Coastal Guards, particularly the western coast States sharing borders with Pakistan, to draft out a special strategy for the internal security of the Coastal States.

Shri Narendrabhai Modi has made an indication that during the recent blasts in Mumbai, for the first time the Sea Routes are explored. Terrorists' forces are targeting the economic strength and economic hubs of the nations, considering the seriousness and graveness of the crisis, a battle strategy needs to be chalked out to face the proxy war.

The recent terror attack in Mumbai is an affront on our faith and humanitarian strengths. All the democratic States inclusive of America, has considered the terrorism as a universal crisis, it requires strong legal backing-Strong Laws, need to impart training to the police and armed forces, up gradation of technologies, to cultivate right mindset of comma men and Press and Media, to define right policy and to adopt best practices is the need of the hour, he has made an persuasive appeal in this regard to the Prime minister.

 

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The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today has approved the proposal for introducing The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 in Parliament to amend The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956 for increasing the number of Judges of the Supreme Court of India by 4 from the present 33 to 37 (excluding the Chief Justice of India).

Point-wise details:

Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 provides for increasing the number of Judges of the Supreme Court by 04 i.e. from 33 to 37 (excluding the Chief Justice of India).

Major Impact:

The increase in the number of Judges will allow Supreme Court to function more efficiently and effectively ensuring speedy justice.

Expenditure:

The expenditure on salary of Judges and supporting staff and other facilities will be met from the Consolidated Fund of India.

Background:

Article 124 (1) in Constitution of India inter-alia provided “There shall be a Supreme Court of India consisting of a Chief Justice of India and, until Parliament by law prescribes a larger number, of not more than seven other Judges…”.

An act to increase the Judge strength of the Supreme Court of India was enacted in 1956 vide The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act 1956. Section 2 of the Act provided for the maximum number of Judges (excluding the Chief Justice of India) to be 10.

The Judge strength of the Supreme Court of India was increased to 13 by The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 1960, and to 17 by The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 1977. The working strength of the Supreme Court of India was, however, restricted to 15 Judges by the Cabinet, excluding the Chief Justice of India, till the end of 1979, when the restriction was withdrawn at the request of the Chief Justice of India.

The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 1986 further augmented the Judge strength of the Supreme Court of India, excluding the Chief Justice of India, from 17 to 25. Subsequently, The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2008 further augmented the Judge strength of the Supreme Court of India from 25 to 30.

The Judge strength of the Supreme Court of India was last increased from 30 to 33 (excluding the Chief Justice of India) by further amending the original act vide The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2019.