The Supreme Court has reserved its order on a plea seeking setting up of the National Court of Appeal with regional benches in major cities for deciding cases arising from the High Courts. The Centre has opposed plea saying the litigants cannot be deprived of the right to approach the apex court.<br/><br/>Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur, that the Supreme Court should take some self-correcting measures and use innovative technology and impose heavy costs on frivolous petitions to reduce pendency. The bench indicated that it may refer the matter to larger constitutional bench for deliberations.<br/><br/>Earlier, the Centre had termed the plea as a fruitless endeavour which will not lessen the burden of two crore cases pending in trial courts.