The party manifesto says that, if voted to power, the Congress will “introduce a Bill to amend the Constitution to establish a Court of Appeal between the High Courts and the Supreme Court, to hear appeals from judgments and orders of High Courts.” In a move that is expected to ease the access for justice to litigants who wish to appeal against judgments delivered by High Courts but can’t follow through because of the deterrent cost of frequently visiting the Supreme Court in New Delhi, the manifesto says that the “Court of Appeal will sit in multiple Benches of 3 judges in 6 locations.” This essentially means that a petitioner based in southern or north eastern India who wishes to appeal against a High Court verdict will, if the promise is implemented, not have to travel all the way to Delhi to file the appeal in the Supreme Court. The litigant can do so at a Court of Appeal that has jurisdiction over the High Court concerned.