As the number of the Judges has increased, they sit in smaller Benches of two and three - coming together in larger Benches of 5 and more only when required to do so or to settle a difference of opinion or controversy. As the work of the Court increased and arrears of cases began to cumulate, Parliament increased the number of Judges from 8 in 1950 to 11 in 1956, 14 in 1960, 18 in 1978 and 26 in 1986. In the early years, all the Judges of the Supreme Court sat together to hear the cases presented before them. The original Constitution of 1950 envisaged a Supreme Court with a Chief Justice and 7 puisne Judges - leaving it to Parliament to increase this number. The Chief Justice's Court is the largest of the Courts located in the Centre of the Central Wing. In all there are 15 Court Rooms in the various wings of the building. In 1979, two New Wings - the East Wing and the West Wing - were added to the complex. The Central Wing of the building is the Centre Beam of the Scales. The building is shaped to project the image of scales of justice. The Court moved into the present building in 1958. Taking care to ensure that the Rules of the Supreme Court were published and the names of all the Advocates and agents of the Federal Court were brought on the rolls of the Supreme Court, the inaugural proceedings were over and put under part of the record of the Supreme Court.Īfter its inauguration on January 28, 1950, the Supreme Court commenced its sittings in a part of the Parliament House. Present too, were Prime Minister, other Ministers, Ambassadors and diplomatic representatives of foreign States, a large number of Senior and other Advocates of the Court and other distinguished visitors. Setalvad were present the Advocate Generals of Bombay, Madras, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, East Punjab, Orissa, Mysore, Hyderabad and Madhya Bharat. Along with the Attorney General for India, M.C. In attendance were the Chief Justices of the High Courts of Allahabad, Bombay, Madras, Orissa, Assam, Nagpur, Punjab, Saurashtra, Patiala and the East Punjab States Union, Mysore, Hyderabad, Madhya Bharat and Travancore-Cochin. Patanjali Sastri, Mehr Chand Mahajan, Bijan Kumar Mukherjea and S.R.Das - took their seats. when the Judges of the Federal Court - Chief Justice Harilal J.Kania and Justices Saiyid Fazl Ali, M.
The inaugural proceedings were simple but impressive. This was to be the home of the Supreme Court for years that were to follow until the Supreme Court acquired its own present premises. It was here, in this Chamber of Princes, that the Federal Court of India had sat for 12 years between 19. The inauguration took place in the Chamber of Princes in the Parliament building which also housed India's Parliament, consisting of the Council of States and the House of the People.
On the 28th of January, 1950, two days after India became a Sovereign Democratic Republic, the Supreme Court came into being. For a peek inside, you'll have to obtain a visitor's pass from the front office. It has a 27.6 metre high dome and a spacious colonnaded verandah. The Supreme Court of India functioned from the Parliament House till it moved to the present building. Supreme Court of India came into existence on 26th January, 1950 and is located on Tilak Marg, New Delhi.
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