NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha is set to take up the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, for consideration and passage on Wednesday, with Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal scheduled to move the legislation in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament.
The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on July 20 amid continued Opposition sloganeering during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
As per the Lok Sabha List of Business for today, Meghwal will move that the Bill further to amend the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956, be taken into consideration and also move that the Bill be passed.
The legislative business will be taken up alongside a statutory resolution moved by MPs Sougata Ray, NK Premachandran and Dean Kuriakose, disapproving of the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Ordinance, 2026, promulgated by the President on May 16.
The SC (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, seeks to further amend the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956.
