502 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
An Honourable Member : He will ponder over your speech tonight.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : Clause 10 of the original has been entirely omitted in the Departmental Bill—absolutely forgotten. In fact in the Hindu law, as in the Muslim law, in the absence of enumerated heirs, in the absence of agnates, cognates other unrelated heirs succeed. They are the preceptors, acharyas, shishyas and sahabrahmacharis and pupils under the same tutor, are the heirs. According to the Departmental Bill, the respect for acharya, respect for sahabrahmachari and consideration for them is entirely thrown overboard. This again is a serious change. The cumulative weight of these serious changes as well as many numerous others will I hope succeed in ultimately winning over the Minister of Law to my side.
Then we come to clause 109 of the Departmental Bill and 108 of the final Bill. This provision is absolutely new. In that clause some new heirs have been introduced which were not in the original Bill.
With regard to succession to stridhan, some changes have been made. And then in Part II, clause 14, where heirs stay together
Mr. Deputy Speaker : If the honourable Member is likely to
5 P . M . conclude soon, we will stay on for a few minutes more.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : No, Sir.
Shrimati G. Durgabai : We will stay on for five minutes more, if the honourable Member will conclude.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : I shall leave it to the speaker.
The House now stands adjourned to 10-45 a.m. tomorrow.
The Assembly then adjourned till a Quarter to Eleven of the Clock Saturday the 2nd April, 1949.