“…Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) ( [11], [12]), the ESSENCE project [13], the Pan-STARRS survey ( [14], [15], [16]); intermediate redshift (0.05 < z < 0.4) projects viz SDSS-II supernova surveys ( [17], [18], [19], [20], [21]) and small redshift programmes such as surveys like Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics survey [22], the Carnegie Supernova Project ( [23], [24], [25]), the Lick Observatory Supernova Search [26] and the Nearby Supernova Factory [27]. Various other compilations of SNe Ia data may be found in [28]. All such surveys include nearly one thousand SNe Ia events.…”