IMPEACHMENT!

On 28th December 1948 Mr. Kazi Syed Kareemudeen [CP Berar Muslim] spoke at the Constituent Assembly as follows; Mr. VP, I move, That the following new sub clause be inserted after sub clause B of Clause 2 of Article 50. [C] The meeting shall be Presided by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court whose […]

INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE

On 17th November 1948 Mr. Nazeeruddin Ahmed [Bengal General] spoke at the Constituent Assembly as follows; I read out the Clause – unless the context otherwise requires General Clauses Act, 1897, shall apply for interpretation of the Constitution. The Government of India Act was controlled in this respect by the UK Interpretation Act, 1889, and[…..]