COMMITTEE TO SCRUTINISE DRAFT CONSTITUTION
- Shri Satyanarayan Sinha : Sir, I beg to move—
“This Assembly resolves that a Committee consisting of—
(1) Shri Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar,
(2) Shri N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar,
(3) The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar,
(4) Shri K. M. Munshi,
(5) Saiyid Mohd. Saadulla,
(6) Sir B. L. Mitter,
(7) Shri D. P. Khaitan,
be appointed to scrutinise and to suggest necessary amendment to the Draft Constitution of India prepared in the Office of the Assembly on the basis of the decision taken in the Assembly”.
(The motion was adopted—Ed.)
REPORT OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY FUNCTIONS COMMITTEE
† The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Bombay : General) : Mr. President, I beg to move that this Assembly do proceed to take into consideration the Report on the functions of the Constituent Assembly under the Indian Independence Act, 1947, submitted by the Committee appointed by the President in pursuance of the decisions of the Assembly on the 20th August 1947.
Sir, the Report of the Committee has already been circulated to the Members of the House and, I do not think that, at this stage, when the Report has been in the hands of the Members at least for the last two days, I need expatiate at great length upon the work of this Committee. I think it would be enough if I, in the first instance, draw attention to the recommendations of the Committee.
Altogether the Committee has made five recommendations. Its first recommendation is that it is open to the Constituent Assembly to
*Constituent Assembly Debates, (Hereinafter called CAD.) Official Report, Vol. V, dated
29th August 1947, pp. 293-94. † Ibid., pp. 310-12.