DRAFT CONSTITUTION 1047
ARTICLE 303— (contd.)
- The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I move :
“That after sub-clause (1) of clause (1) of article 303, the following sub-clauses be inserted, namely :—
(II) “High Court” means any court which is deemed for the purposes of this Constitution to be a High Court for any State and includes—
(i) any court in the territory of India constituted or reconstituted under this Constitution as a High Court and
(ii) any other court in the territory of India which may be declared by Parliament by law to be a High Court for all or any of the purposes of this Constitution.
(III) “Indian State” means—
(i) as respects the period before the commencement of this Constitution, any territory which the Government of the dominion of India recognised as such a State; and
(ii) as respects any period after the commencement of this Constitution, any territory not being part of the territory of India which the President recognises as being such a State.’ ”
Mr. President : There is no amendment to this. As no one wishes to speak on this I will put it to vote.
[The motion was adopted.]
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I beg to move :
“That after sub-clause (n) of clause (1) of article 303, the following sub-clause be inserted, namely : —
“(nn) ‘Ruler’ in relation to a State for the time being specified in Part III of the First Schedule means the person who for the lime being is recognised by the President as the Ruler of the State and includes any person for the time being recognised by the President as exercising the powers of the Ruler of the State, and in relation to an Indian State means the Prime, Chief or other person recognised by the Government of the Dominion of India or the President as the Ruler of the State’.”
Mr. President : There is no amendment to this. I will put it to vote.
[The amendment was adopted.]
‡The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
*CAD, Vol. IX, 17th September 1949, p. 1633.
† Ibid., p. 1633.
‡ Ibid., pp. 1636-1637.