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many cases have gone to the Privy Council from this country and the Privy Council itself has never questioned the validity of this. I, therefore, hope that when on a proper occasion the matter comes before the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court will de novo examine the position and, as I hold the view, the Supreme Court will not feel itself bound by the decision of the Federal Court, although a good many of the personnel of the Federal Court is the same as the personnel of the Supreme Court, but the court certainly is a different court. Therefore if my friend likes it, I do not mind saying that we are making a venture. We are hoping that the stand that we take and we have taken so far and which has not been questioned by any court during the last 25 years is the correct stand. If the Supreme Court when it comes to deal with the question comes to a decision different to what our point of view is we shall then consider the matter. For the moment it is our view that there is no objection to delegated legislation at all. Parliament is quite supreme either to legislate itself or to ask any other agent on its behalf to exercise that legislative power. I do not think that that matter can be questioned. I do not think that there is any other point raised by my friend which I have not dealt with.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Is it open to the Parliament to say that the Government may pass such laws as are necessary ?
Dr. Ambedkar : They can say so, that Government is left with the power to frame rules.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Can they give a blank cheque in regard to all the matters referred to in the list ?
Dr. Ambedkar : It may do so under proper safeguards. No Parliament will give a blank cheque to the executive : it can certainly ask the executive to fill in the blanks and I do not think there can be any difficulty about that.
Shri T. T. Krishnamachari (Madras) : So far as the Constitution is concerned the only operative articles are 240 and 242. We have made a special provisions in regard to Coorg. As you will see, Sir, Coorg has been taken out of the operation of the particular Bill before the House. So far as the Constitution is concerned there is no specific direction in this