Rajendra Prasad
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 1—DEFINITIONSMr. Chaudhury may move his amendment.
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 1—DEFINITIONSShall I put the amendment to vote now ? The amendment is—one part of it— That in clause 1, the following new definitions be inserted:— ‘School’ means any…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 1—DEFINITIONSI should like to draw the attention of the House to clause 24 which says : “The Union Legislature shall make laws to give effect to those provisions of…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 1—DEFINITIONSI do not propose to put to vote of the House clause by clause. We will discuss each clause and the House will come to certain decisions. These decisions…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 1—DEFINITIONSI do not suggest any duplication or any second discussion clause by clause. When in the whole draft comes back we shall see how each clause fits and that…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 1—DEFINITIONSWe are now discussing that very thing. As I said, we shall see at the end that all conflicts and discrepancies are removed; not that we shall discuss the…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 1—DEFINITIONSI am not taking formal votes because it will not then be open to review later on. Therefore, I am taking up the consideration of the clauses one after…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 1—DEFINITIONSIt is always open to the House to review its own decisions and in that way every decision that we take today will be open to review. But I was suggesting…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 2—APPLICATION OF LAWSThe word “unit” does not occur in Mr. Santhanam’s amendment and so the question does not arise.
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 2—APPLICATION OF LAWSThe mover of the Resolution has accepted Mr. Santhanam’s amendment. The question now is: “That in clause 2 for the words ‘nor shall the Union or any unit…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 2—APPLICATION OF LAWSThe question is—(I will now read the amended clause)— “All existing laws, notifications, regulations, customs or usages in force within the territories…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPThe point that has been raised by Mr. Das deserves consideration and I want the mover to consider it. The wording of the clause as it stands is— “every…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIP“Subject to jurisdiction” will not include allegiance. I am not quite sure about it but the lawyers in this House have to help us on that.
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPOur Constitution should be self-contained as far as possible. We should not depend on the interpretation of clauses in other constitutions, as it may…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPI want to ask one question. Suppose a Jap by birth is travelling through this country and while travelling a child is born to him. What happens?
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPIt seems to be a very important question and we should thrash it out. What would happen to a man who is not simply passing through the country but stays…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPPersonally, I do not like that we should follow the precedent of any other country. We should have our own citizenship and formulate what that…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPMay I make one suggestion for the consideration of the mover? As it is a very important matter—and it is one to which I myself attach great importance—if…
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPWe claim for Indians in South Africa the nationality of that country not merely by birth but by reason of settling there.
- Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPEven after listening to the learned discourses that have been given to us by eminent lawyers, I confess that I am not yet convinced that the clause as it…