JOLLY GOOD HUMOUR!!!

On 27th December 1948 at the Constituent Assembly Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was speaking on the official residence of the President and during which the following exchange took place; Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Then with regard to the question raised by Professor Kamath about residential —- Shri HV Kamath: Sir, I am not Professor Kamath. […]

JUDICIARY – A SUPER LEGISLATURE?

On 12th September 1949 at the Constituent Assembly Shri Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer [Madras General] spoke as follows; “It is an accepted principle of Constitutional Law that when a Legislature, be it Parliament at the Centre or a Provincial Legislature, he is invested with a power to pass in regard to a particular matter under the[…..]

EQUITY AND EQUITABLE!

On 10th September 1949 at the Constituent Assembly Shri Jaspat Roy Kapoor [United Provinces General] spoke as follows; “The word equitable is a very flexible one. What is equitable may not be equitable tomorrow. Equitable as I understand is something which is equitable in accordance with the existing political theories, existing accepted economical principles for[…..]

DRAFTING DILEMMA!

On 15th November 1948 at the Constituent Assembly Mr. Nazeeruddin Ahmed [Bengal Muslim] spoke as follows; “Sir, I beg to move:” “That in [2] of Article 1, the word “the” occurring at the beginning be deleted” “Sir, this part really tries to define the words “the state.” I submit that the word “the” is a[…..]

SANSKRIT – NATIONAL LANGUAGE?

On 12th September 1949, Mr. Nazeeruddin Ahmed [Bengal Muslim] spoke at the Constituent Assembly as follows; “I am extremely thankful to the Honourable Member, Mr. Gupta, for anticipating me. If you have to adopt any Language, why should you not have the World’s Greatest Language? It is today, the matter of great secret, that we[…..]

DRAFTING COMMITTEE OR DRIFTING COMMITTEE!!!

On 3rd August 1949, Mr. Nazeeruddin Ahmed [Bengal Muslim] spoke at the Constituent Assembly as follows; “Mr. President, Sir, I think the Amendment moved by Dr. Ambedkar constitute startling and revolutionary changes in the Constitution. I submit the radical departure has been made from our own decision. We took important decisions in this House as[…..]

INVESTIGATION – ITS SIGNIFICANCE

On 29th April 1949 Mr.  Nazeeruddin Ahmed [Bengal Muslim] spoke at the Constituent Assembly as follows; “That in Amendment No. 1 of List I, in the proposed Entry 2 of List I, for the word “investigation” the words “Central Bureau of Investigation be substituted” The original entry was Central Intelligence Bureau. To redraft simply is[…..]