490 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Bill, the mother would have been entitled to inherit in preference to the father. Here the father and the mother have been placed together in the Departmental Bill and their order has been changed and whereas under the Departmental Bill they inherit together under the original Bill the mother would have inherited first to the exclusion of the father, and in the absence of the mother the father would have inherited. The daughter’s son as has already been pointed out, has been brought down further in the Departmental list. It should be obvious to any one who cares to consider this matter that these are substantial changes.
Then we come to Class III of the original Bill. The brother’s son’s son who was first in the list of Class III in the original Bill has been entirely lost sight of in the Departmental Bill. If this was deliberate an intentional, then we would have got some indication of it in the report of the Select Committee or in the speeches. I want to know if this is a substantial change. It may not be substantial to a man who is not the brother’s son’s son, but to the brother’s son’s son, it is a substantial change, because in the absence of, other heirs he would have been entitled to property.
Next in the list comes the sister. We have now the brother and the sister inheriting together in the Departmental Bill. The brother who was very high up in the list in the original Bill has now been transferred and brought down to of Class III and is inheriting with the sister ( Interruption ).
Am I to stop my argument ?
Mr. Tajamul Husain : The honourable Member has no right to speak to another honourable Member. I object to it very strongly, Sir.
Shri Lakshminararan Sahu (Orissa: General): There is no quorum it seems.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : There is quorum.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : Supposing a man dies leaving a brother and a sister. Under the original Bill the brother would have inherited, the sister would have been postponed; but under the Departmental Bill the brother and the sister inherit equally. The brother is now brought down on a line with the sister having been superseded by 11 others in the list. I submit this is introducing very substantial changes.
Then we come to brother’s son. He was very high up, in Class I. He is by the Department brought down to Class III along with sister’s