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Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju recently informed that the Central Government is considering setting up of Allahabad High Court Bench in Agra. The Union Minister was in Agra on Sunday to participate in a sports event organized by the local Member of Parliament and Minister of State (Law & Justice), SP Singh Baghel.

Talking about the establishment of the High Court Bench in Agra, the Union Minister said that the report of 'Judge Jaswant Singh Commission' is available with the Law Ministry and the Central Government is considering it.

He added that if everything goes well, then the establishment of the Agra Bench will be approved soon. He further informed that for this purpose, the ministry has also invited the High Court Establishment Sangharsh Samiti to Delhi for talks.

The Union Minister was in Agra to inaugurate the competition which is part of the initiative 'MP Sports competitions' that are being organised by Bhartiya Janta Party MPs in their respective constituencies following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to party MPs to encourage sports activities in their constituencies.

During the event, along with the memorandum, the report of Justice Jaswant Singh Commission was also submitted to the Union Minister.

To be noted, in the 1980s, Justice Jaswant Singh Commission was set up to fix the yardsticks for setting up new High Court benches. The yardsticks included the population of the area and the distance of the proposed bench from the principal bench.

Demands of benches of the Allahabad High Court in the western part of the State have been aired since long by lawyers from Uttar Pradesh West. For that purpose, the lawyers of various bar associations came together and formed a committee namely 'High Court Establishment Sangharsh Samiti' to spearhead the campaign for the formation of a new bench in the western part of the state.

However, lawyers from Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court have opposed the creation of a new bench fearing loss of clientele.