Constitution of High Courts
DRAFT CONSTITUTION 649
‘192-A. Every High Court shall consist of a chief Justice and such other judges as the President may from time to time deem it necessary to appoint:
“Provided that the judges so appointed shall at no time exceed in number such maximum at the President may. from time to time, by order fix in relation to that Court.’ ”
ARTICLE 193
*Mr. President : We were dealing with article 193 yesterday. We shall now resume consideration of that article. One amendment was moved but there are several other amendment. There is another amendment No.
2592 which is in the name of Dr. Ambedkar which, I think, will cover all these amendments except about the question of age. So I think that if Dr. Ambedkar moves his amendment first, probably it may not be necessary to take up these other amendments with regard to matters other than the age. With regard to the age, we may take up that question separately.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Bombay : General) : I am not moving that amendment.
Mr. President : Then we shall have to take up the other amendments.
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Mr. President, Sir, I move:
“That with reference to amendment No. 2610 of the List of amendments, in clause (c) of the proviso to clause (1) of article 193, after the words ‘High Court’ the words ‘in any State for the time being specified in the first Schedule’ he inserted.”
Sir, the object of this amendment is to remove all distinctions between provinces and Indian States so that there may be complete interchangeability between the incumbents of the different High Courts.
Sir, I formally move amendment No. 2614 in the List of Amendment.
“That in sub-clause ( a ) of clause (2) of article 193 for the word ‘State’ the words ‘State for the time being specified in the first Schedule ‘be substituted.’”
Sir, I move :
“That with reference to amendment No. 2614 of the List of amendments, in sub-clause ( a ) of clause (2) of article 193 the words ‘in any State in or for which there is a High Court’ the words ‘in the territory of India’ be substituted.”
“That with reference to amendment No. 2614 of the List of amendments, in sub-clause ( b ) of clause (2) of article 193, after the words ‘High Court’ the words ‘in any State for the time being specified in the First Schedule’ be inserted.”
*CAD, Vol. VIII, 7th June 1049, p. 661.
† Ibid., pp. 664-65.