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650 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
between British Provinces and Indian States, ought to consider the principle of equity of contribution as between the two.
Chairman: Lord Peel no doubt will consider that. I wish you would mention that again, if you would not mind, when we come to the full Conference.
Forty-fifth Sitting—4th November 1931
† Chairman : Now, that is the Report on which I want your comments. Will you kindly go back now to paragraph 52 ?
Dr. Ambedkar: May I just say this with regard to paragraph 52? Your Lordship will remember that, while we were discussing the jurisdiction of the Federal Court, I raised the point that the Court, besides having the jurisdiction to interpret the constitution and to see that neither the Provincial Governments nor the Federal Government intervene in the sphere of the other, should also have the jurisdiction to deal with matters arising out of the fundamental rights or the minority rights. I think I was supported in that also by Mr. Jayakar, and also, if I am right, by Mr. Sastri. Perhaps a note might be made to that effect in this paragraph.
Chairman; I am obliged to Dr. Ambedkar, but I am happy to be able to reassure him in this way—that when they are in the constitution, they will naturally fall within the domain of the Federal Court’s interpretation.
Mr. Jayakar: That is included in the word “constitutional”
‡ Chairman: Now paragraph 62.
Dr. Ambedkar: I did not think there was unanimity regarding the location of the Court at Delhi. I should have liked that this matter should be investigated by some committee.
Mr. Jayakar: I made tine suggestion that it should be at a central place somewhere, not Delhi, but some place where the Court could work for the whole of the year, the climate being suitable for working during the whole year.
Mr. Zafrullah Khan: All sorts, of suggestions were made from different quarters, but I do not think that any single place had as much support as Delhi.
Chairman: Now, please, paragraphs 63 and 64.
Forty-sixth Sitting—16th November 1931
Discussion on Future Procedure
§ Dr. Ambedkar: I should like to know what view Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
†Proceedings of the Federal Structure Committee and Minorities Committee, Vol. I, p. 908.
‡ Ibid., p. 922.
§ Ibid., p. 979.