LINGUISTIC FERVOR / FEVER?

On 1oth December 1946 at the Constituent Assembly the following verbal altercation took place;  Acharya J. B. Kripalani stated that he accepted the Amendment moved by the previous speaker including that of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Shri R. V. Thulekar [United Province General]: Mr. Chairman, I desire to the Amendment that the intended Procedure Committee— Chairman […]

THE CAUSE OF SCHEDULED TRIBES

On 11th October 1949, at the Constituent Assembly Shri V. I. Munusamy Pillai [Madras General] spoke as follows;  Sir I beg to move, that in Amendment No. 164 of List III [2nd Week] in the First Proviso the Clause [1] of the proposed New Article 312-F after the words, Scheduled Caste – the word “Scheduled[…..]

FUNCTIONING OF DRAFTING COMMITTEE

– ALLEGATION AND RESPONSE BY T. T. KRISHNAMACHARI VS. ALLADI KRISHNASWAMY IYER On 5th November 1948, at the Constituent Assembly Shri T. T. Krishnamachari [Madras General] spoke as follows;  Shri T. T. Krishnamachari: Mr. President Sir, I am one of those in the House who have listened to Dr. Ambedkar very carefully. I am aware[…..]

PRESIDENT – EMERGENCY POWER

On 20th August 1949, Mr. Nazeeruddin Ahmed [Bengal General] at the Constituent Assembly spoke as follows;  “Even during the two great world war – the greatest emergencies that can happen to mankind – Courts were never closed. In fact Indian and English Courts kept the doors were opened, no one thought that their power should[…..]

SCHEDULED CASTE – LIMITATION PERIOD

On 17th September 1949, Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar moved a new Article [300A and 300 B] one regarding Scheduled Caste then other Schedule Tribe and spoke in the Constituent Assembly as follows;  “The object of these two Articles as I stated was to eliminate the necessity of burdening the Constitution with long lists of[…..]

AGRICULTURAL LABOUR

On 19th August 1949, the following dialogue took place at the Constituent Assembly between Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Nagappa and V. I. Munusamy Pillai; Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: With regard to the merits of the proposition which has been tabled before the House, I have not seen any single constructive suggestions on the part of[…..]

EXPERT COMMITTEE VS DRAFTING COMMITTE

On 4th August 1949, Shri B. Das [Orissa General] at the Constituent Assembly spoke as follows; “Sir, this House had no opportunity to discuss this subject [distribution of revenues within a Union and a State – Article 249 old and 260 old]which concern a social well-being of the entire population of India. In July 1947,[…..]