Constituent Assembly Debates. Official Report Tuesday 28th December 1948

As it is the amendment speaks of substituting the words onfourth of the total membership of the House." But the correct wording should be "one-fourth of the total number of members" the event of the House accepting the amendment moved by Shri Sha.nkarrao Deo this minor amenment which I now suggest is necessary and if you think that amendment should be moved before throwing open the arti [...] the words "one-fourth of the total membership of the House" he replaced by the words "one-fourth of the total number of members." Mr. [...] I think the same pro?.edure should be adopted for the impeachment of President of the Indian Republic and the Presrding Officer of the investigation Should be the Chief Justice of India who is neither the Speaker of the House of the People nor the Chairman of the Council of States. [...] The resolution or the charge if found sustained by the other House the House other than the House that preferred the charge tharesolution must go back to the House that preferred the charge because the"Z1.074 CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF INDIA [28II DEC. [...] Just as in a criminal trial the police hold a.preliminary enquiry and then the case comes bore a Court of law where the presiding officer is above the prosecution and above the defence similarly when the charge preferred by the other House investigated the presiding officer must be the Chief Justice of India because h is neither the Speaker of the House of People nor the Chairman of the Counc