996 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(f) If the answer to part (e) be in the affirmative, do Government propose to issue a statement on the subject ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Government have seen the relevant portions of the memorandum embodying the recommendations of the Union Constitution Committee, which were subsequently adopted by the Constituent Assembly.
(b) Government cannot take any steps to implement these recommendations until a provision is included in the Constitu tion which is now being framed by the Constituent Assembly.
(c) No, Sir. The memorandum referred to above does not contain any such recommendation.
(d) Does not arise.
(e) Government are not aware of any uncertainty in the mind of the litigant public. They have received certain enquiries on the subject from members of the bar but these do not suggest that there is a great deal of uncertainty.
(f) The resolution adopted by the Constituent Assembly is clear enough and Government do not consider it necessary to issue any statement in regard to it at this stage.
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*REPORT OF HINDU LAW CODIFICATION COMMITTEE
236. Shri K. Santhanam : Will the Honourable Minister of Law please state—
(a) Whether the Committee on the Codification of Hindu Law has submitted its final report; and
(b) whether and, if so, when it is proposed to introduce the Bill as recommended by the Committee ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes.
(b) A Government Bill in exactly the same terms as the draft Hindu Code prepared by the Hindu Law Committee was introduced in the last Indian Legislative Assembly on the 11th April 1947. A motion for the continuance of the Bill has also been adopted by this House on the 17th November, 1947.
- C.A. (Leg.) D., Vol. 1, Part I, 1st November 1947 p. 453.