1046 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava : It is not a question of transfer of jurisdiction. I only give what is contained in clause 5 and am defining what jurisdiction shall be conferred, not leaving it to investigation as to what the prerogative of His Majesty was, I am only making these powers in a concrete form from what it is in the abstract...
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : This Bill does not propose to give any direction to the Federal Court as to the manner in which they should exercise the jurisdiction with which they become vested under the present Bill.
Clause 11
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I do not accept that amendment, it is quite unnecessary.
[The amendment of Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad was negatived.]
Clause 1
†Mr. President : Do you wish to say anything about this ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The emphasis is on the abolition of the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, and obviously that emphasis could not be realised if the words “abolition of jurisdiction” were put in brackets.
Mr. President : Do you wish to say anything about the 7th amendment ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, the acceding States were never subject to the jurisdiction of the Privy Council. But as a measure of extreme caution, it will be seen that in sub-clause (2) the words used are “within the territory of India”. Therefore, it is unnecessary to make any mention of the acceding States.
Mr. President : I shall now put the amendments to vote.
[All amendments were rejected. Clause 1 was added to the Bill.]
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That the Bill, as amended, be passed”.
[The motion was adopted.]
*CAD, Vol. IX, 17th September 1949, p. 1612.
† Ibid., p. 1613.