26 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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FEDERAL COURT (ENLARGEMENT OF JURISDICTION) BILL
- The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Minister for Law) : Sir, I beg to move for leave to introduce a Bill to provide for the enlargement of the appellate jurisdiction of the Federal Court in Civil cases.
Mr. Speaker : The question is :
“That leave be granted to introduce a Bill to provide for the enlargement of the appellate jurisdiction of the Federal Court in Civil cases.”
The motion was adopted.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I introduce the Bill.
** FEDERAL COURT (ENLARGEMENT OF JURISDICTION) BILL
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Minister for Law) : Sir, I move:
“That the Bill to provide for the enlargement of the appellate jurisdiction of the Federal court in civil cases be taken into consideration.”
The Federal Court as constituted under the Government of India Act as adapted, exercises three kinds of jurisdiction :
(a) Original jurisdiction under section 204;
(b) Appellate jurisdiction over High Courts under section
205 ; and
(c) Advisory jurisdiction under section 213.
The present Bill is concerned only with the appellate jurisdiction of the Federal Court. As I said, the appellate
- C.A. (Leg.) D., Vol. II, 9th December 1947, p. 1546. ** C.A. (Leg.) D., Vol. II, 11th December 1947, pp. 1708-11.