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 […]
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[…..]
– 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[…..]
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[…..]
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[…..]
On 3rd September 1949, the following exchange took place at the Constituent Assembly between Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Deshmukh; Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: The word agriculturist has no precise meaning, it may mean track-renter, it may mean a person who is actually a cultivator, it may mean a person who has 2 acres, it[…..]
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[…..]
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,[…..]
On 6th December 1948, Shri Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer [Madras General] at the Constituent Assembly spoke as follows; “The expression due process itself as interpreted by the English Judges connoted merely the due course of legal proceedings according to the rules and forms established for the protection of right, and a fair trial in a court[…..]
On 2nd August 1949, Kazi Syed Kareemudeen [CP Berar Muslim] at the Constituent Assembly spoke about Amendment moved by Dr. Ambedkar as follows; “Sir, I think the Amendment moved by Dr. Ambedkar is of, to sweeping a character. At least, I do not find in any Constitution in the World, a provision parallel to the[…..]