DRAFT CONSTITUTION 897
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It is unnecessary to accept this amendment, because the Election Commission will include Regional Commissioners also.
[The amendment was negatived. Entry 68, as amended by Dr. Ambedkar’s motion was adopted and added to the Union List]
ENTRY 69
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That for entry 69 of List I, the following entries be substituted :—
‘69. The emoluments and allowances and rights in respect of leave of absence of the President and governors; the salaries and allowances of the Ministers of the Union and of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Council of States and of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of the People; the salaries and allowances of the members of Parliament; the salaries, allowances and the conditions of service of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
69A. The privileges, immunities and powers of each House of Parliament and of the members and the committees of each House.’ ”
Mr. President : There is an amendment to this, No. 219 standing in the name of Mr. Kamath.
Shri H. V. Kamath : I do not want to move my amendment, but I would ask how Dr. Ambedkar has forgotten or lost sight of the Supreme Court Judges.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Their salaries etc., are provided for in the Schedule. We have said that their salaries shall be such as are specified in the Schedule.
Mr. President : Then amendment No. 220 by Dr. Deshmukh. Does it not go more appropriately to the State List ?
Dr. P. S. Deshmukh : No. Sir. I move :
“That in amendment No. 39 of List I (Sixth Week), after the proposed entry
69 of List I, the following new entry be added :—
69A. Priviliges, immunities and powers of the members of the State Legislatures and their Committees.’ ”
...I think it is very necessary that the priviliges should be uniform and that they should not differ from State to Stale.
Shri Brajeshwar Prasad : Hear, Hear.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It is only proper that each Legislature should have the authority to define its own privileges, immunities and powers, and it is for that reeason that we have provided that Parliament should have power to specify the privileges, immunities and powers of its own members, and the State Legislatures should have
*CAD. Vol. IX, 31st August 1949, pp. 819-820