PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1029
Seth Govind Das : What are the languages other than the local languages in which these lists would be published at different places ?
Dr. Ambedkar : I must have notice of it. So far as I remember when I was answering a question by Mr. Anthony similar to the one now put, I think, I said that so far as Bombay was concerned English was also used for the purpose of preparaing them. If in the case of some other areas also such as Bangalore in Mysore State, I am not sure at the moment, I am speaking from memory.
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*SCRUTINY OF CENTRAL AND STATE LAWS
Pandit H. B. Bhargava : Will the Minister of Law be pleased to state whether the Government of India have set up or intend to set up a Law Commission or any other suitable machinery for the scrutiny and examination of all the Central and State Laws in the light of the Constitution of India with a view to amend, modify or repeal such provisions of the existing Laws which are inconsistent with Part III and other provisions of the Constitution and if not, why not ?
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar) : No Sir. In connection with the adaptation of the Central and State Laws under article 372 of the Constitution, in order to bring them into accord with the provisions of the Constitution, Government have taken the view that so far as fundamental rights are concerned, it would not be advisable to omit or modify any provision of a law on account of article 13(1), unless there was a clear inconsistency between such law and any of the provisions of Part III, as, for instance in the case of the Punjab Land Alienation Act, 1900, which has been repealed by adaptation.
Pandit M. B. Bhargava : Has the Government considered the question how far the State Laws and the Central Laws are in conformity with the present Constitution, and does the Government have any intention to apply its mind to this proposition ?
- P. D., Vol. 7, Part I, 7th April 1951, p. 2820.