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and the qualifying period also be changed by suitable amendments to the People’s Representation Act ?
Mr. Speaker: It is to be the subject of discussion in this House.
Shri Deshbandhu Gupta: Sir, may I know whether, it is correct that some device has been found out to detect impersonation ?
Dr. Ambedkar : Yes, I hear our scientific laboratories are finding out some kind of device.
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*GOVERNMENT AGENTS FOR SUPREME COURT
442. Shri Raj Bahadur : (a) Will the Minister of Law be pleased to state whether any agency or machinery has been set up under the auspices of the Government to act as solicitors or agents for or on behalf of the Central and the State Governments for the Supreme Court of India ?
(b) If so, what were the reasons and necessity for creating such agency or machinery ?
(c) What is the amount of money to be spent by the Government of India and the State Governments respectively on the creation and maintenance of the said agency or machinery ?
(d) How has the creation of such an agency or machinery affected the efficiency or execution of work ?
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar): (a) Yes.
(b) With the abolition of the jurisdiction for the Privy Council over Indian cases and the establishment of the Supreme Court on the commencement of the new Constitution, the volume of work in connection with cases coming up before the Supreme Court concerning the Central and State. Governments increased enormously. Novel and intricate problems of law arose in such cases by reason of the great constitutional changes that had taken place. It was considered that, in order to achieve best results before the highest
- P. D., Vol. 6, Part I, 28th November 1950, p. 410.