DRAFT CONSTITUTION 875
[Out of 3 amendments by Mr. Naziruddin Ahmed, 2 were not passed by him and one was rejected with Dr. Ambedkar’s amendment, Entry 39 was added to the Union List.]
ENTRY 40
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That for entry 40 of List I, the following entry be substituted :—
‘40. The institutions known on the date of commencement of this Constitution as the benares Hindu University, the Aligarh Muslim University, and the Delhi University and any other institution declared by Parliament by law to be an institution of national importance.’ ”
I submit the word “university” is a mistake and it ought to be “institution” and I hope you will permit me to substitute it.
There is no fundamental change in this except that the latter part permits also Parliament to take over any institution which it thinks is of national importance.
Dr. P. S. Deshmukh : May I suggest that 40-A may also be taken together ? It is part and parcel of the same thing.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :—
“That after entry 40 of List I the following new entry be inserted :—
‘40A. Institutions for scientific or technical education financed by the gov ernment of India wholly or in part and declared by Parliament by law to be institutions of national importance.’ ”
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I find my honourable Friends, Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad and Dr. Deshmukh, running at crosspurposes. One wants to enlarge the scope of the article by adding the word “academy”. The other wants to limit the scope of the article by dropping the word “Delhi University and any other institution declared by Parlia ment by law to be an institution of national interest”.
So far as Dr. Deshmukh’s amendment is concerned, it seems to me quite unnecessary to introduce the word “academy” because the word ‘institution’ is large enough to include both University and academy. Therefore, that is quite unnecessary.
With regard to the amendment of my honourable friend Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad, Delhi University is as was pointed out by him already under the central Legislature by virtue of the fact that the Delhi University is in a commissioner’s province, which is subject to the legislation of the centre. Therefore, in introducing the words “Delhi University” we are really not
*CAD, Vol. IX, 30th August 1949, p. 761.
† Ibid., p. 767.