904 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
current, and any legislation is made by the Centre, which has a revenue aspect, the revenue will be liable to be distributable under the provisions of clause (2) of article 253. Consequently, so far as finances are concerned, there is really no loss to the provinces at all. Then, it is necessary that we should have an All-India Drugs Act operating throughout the area. That cannot happen unless nonnarcotic drugs are put in the Concurrent List. That also saves the power of the Provinces to make such local legislation as they may like with regard to these drugs.
Mr. President : I put the amendment moved by Dr. Ambedkar. The question is :
[The amendment was adopted. Entry 86, as amended, was added to the Union List.]
ENTRY 86A
*Shri H. V. Kamath : I do not know if the medical and scientific terminology used in my amendment has been misunderstood. This terminology will be found in any standard book on Pharmacology.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : We have got the power. It is covered by entry 20 which we are going to put in the Concurrent List.
(The amendment of Shri H. V. Kamath was negatived).
ENTRY 88A
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I hope my friends is not going to read that 4-pages printed judgement of the Supreme Court of the United States. It has been circulated to everybody.
Shri Deshbandhu Gupta : It is wrong for my friend to presume that the whole judgement will be read. Of course, if it is necessary to read some extracts I will do so. I am only referring to the parts which are relevant to point raised by me. I wish to point out that exception was taken by those publishers on the ground that the tax violated the Federal Constitution in two particulars (1) that it abridges the freedom of the press in contravention of the due process clause contained in Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment; (2) that it denies appellees the equal protection of the laws in contravention of the same amendment.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I am also rising on a point of order.
*CAD, Vol. IX, 1st September 1949, p. 840.
† Ibid., p. 841.