644 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
ARTICLE 112
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not think there is anything for me to say.
Mr. President : The question is :
“That in article 112, the words ‘except the States for the time being specified, in Part III of the First Schedule, in cases where the provisions of article 110 or article 111 of this Constitution do not apply’ be deleted.”
The amendment was adopted.
Article 112, as amended, was added to the Constitution.
NEW ARTICLE 112-A
†Mr. President: There is notice of a new article to be moved by Dr. Ambedkar, amendment No. 191.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I beg to move :
“That with reference to amendment No. 1932 of the List of Amendments, after article 112, the following new article be inserted :—
Review of judgments ‘112-A Subject to the provisions of any law or order passed by made by Parliament or any rule made under the Supreme Court. article 121 of this Constitution the Supreme Court shall have power to review any judgment pronounced or order passed by it.’” Sir, the draft Constitution, as it stands now,………………‡
Prof. Shibban Lal Saksena : On a point of order, Sir, amendment No.
1932 has not been moved……….
Mr. President: That has not been moved : I am taking this as a fresh article.
Shri T. T. Krishnamachari : May I mention, Sir, that amendment No.
1932 is exactly the same as amendment No. 1928 ? Actually, if amendment
1928 is moved, amendment 1932 cannot be moved.
Mr. President : I have already said that I have taken it as a fresh article.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The Draft Constitution contains no provision for review of its judgments. It was felt that that was a great lacuna and this new article proposes to confer that power upon the Supreme Court.
The Honourable Shri K. Santhanam (Madras : General) : Sir, I am afraid that the drafting of this is not quite as happy as it should be For one tiling, I do not think it is right to put an article in the Constitution giving a power to the Supreme Court and say that that
*CAD, Vol. VIII, 6th June 1949, p. 640.
† Ibid., pp. 640-41.
‡Dots indicate interruption.