Discussion on the Hindu Code after return of the Bill from the Select Committee (11th February 1949 to 14th December 1950) - Page 531

516 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : All right, Sir. (Interruption).

Mr. Speaker : Let there be no asides.

Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : But, Sir, I have a quick ear and this is not conducive to good debate. My learned friend who is an experienced parliamentarian should not try to discourage speeches. He should forget that he was addressing the old Council when the British were there. He should remember that he now belongs to a party which is ruling and I belong to no party at all but am an individual who is opposing.

Mr. Speaker : Let us not carry on this discussion.

Shri B. Das (Orissa : General): Do you want us to keep our mouths shut ?

Mr. Speaker : Mr. Das. The remedy is open. We can afford to be deaf on such occasions and proceed further. I also hear many whispers when the debate is going on, but I do not take any notice of them.

Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : Sir, you are in a more fortunate position.

Mr. Speaker : Let us now proceed. What is the next substantial point ?

Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : I now come to another part—Part V of the original Bill relating to Minority and Guardianship. Clause 3 thereof has been entirely omitted in the final and departmental Bill. I need not go into the details of the clause, but this is a substantial clause which has been omitted. That is introducing a serious change. There are other unimportant changes and I will not deal with them.

I now come to the Part relating to Adoption, that is Part VI of the original Bill. Clauses 1 and 2 thereof have been omitted. In departmental Bill clause

55—also clause 55(1) of the final Bill—there is a sub-clause (3) which is new. Then again in Part VI of the original Bill sub-clause (1) of clause 19 is omitted. A new clause has been introduced with entirely different conditions. In departmental Bill clause No. 68, which also corresponds to clause 68 of the final Bill, sub-clause (1) is a new clause. And the Proviso to this sub-clause of clause 68 of both the Bills is also new. Then again sub-clause (3) of clause 19 of the original Bill with two conditions is entirely ommitted in the final Bill. Sub-clause (5) of this clause again has been omitted. So also clause 21 of the original Bill—Part VI—has been omitted. Then again clause 25 of the original Bill in Part VI. with two sub-clauses and two other parts, is entirely omitted.