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The amendment was adopted.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava’s amendment was negatived.
- Mr. President : Then we take up the new article 302AAA, i.e. amendment No. 450, Mr. Santhanam has made a suggestion that in order to complete the amendment which has just been passed, “Contempt of Court” must be included in the Concurrent List, and I think it is consequential and we had better take that thing.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I will move an amendment straightaway, Sir, I move :
“That after entry 15 in the Concurrent List, the following entry be added :
“15A. Contempt of Court”
Mr. President : I do not think there can be any objection to that.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmed : There may be many more such things.
Mr. President : May be, but they will come up in time. So, I will put this to vote.
The above amendment was adopted.
Entry 15A was added to the Concurrent List.
NEW ARTICLE 302AAA
† The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I think my Friend Mr. Sidhva has entirely misunderstood the position. If he will refer to List II, in Schedule Seven, items 30 and 35 which relate to the matters covered by the amendment moved by my Friend Shri T. T. Krishnamachari, he will see that the power of legislation given to the Centre under items 30 and 35 is of a very limited character. The power given under item 30 is for the purpose of regulation and organisation of air traffic. The power given under 35 is for the purpose of delimitation of the Constitution and the powers of port authorities. He will very readily see that, so far as the territory covered by aerodromes or air ports and ports is concerned, it is put of the territory of the province and concequently any law made by the State is applicable to the area covered by the aerodrome or the port. These entries 30 and 35 do not give the Centre power to legislate for all matters which lie within the purview of the Central Government under the entries. The powers are limited. Therefore the proposal in this article is this : that while it retains areas covered by the aerodromes and by the ports
*CAD, Vol. X, 17th October 1949, p. 403.
† Ibid., pp. 405-406.