Constituent Assembly Debates Monday 28th July 1947 Official Report

The amendment which I want to move is this : "That the following be added at the end of Clause 10: "The Prime Mini§ter shall select the other Ministers and the whole ministry shall be responsible to the legislature and act on the principle of joint responsibility in the discharge of the duties of the Ministry.' " *[ English translation of Hindustani speech."908 CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF INDIA [28TH [...] President -Sir my amendment is : That the following be added at the end of clause 10 : `That the Executive of the Union shall be non-parliamentary in the sense that it shall not be removable before the term of the Legislature and a member of the Cabinet or the Cabinets may be removed at any time on impeachment before a judicial tribunal on the ground of corruption or treason. [...] A number of amendments have been tabled on this aspect of the matter and in order to cover the essentials in respect of these matters I have given.notice of this amendment that at the end of Clause 10 the following be sodded : The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. [...] The power of not voting supplies which is the essential part of the Ministry's working is vested in the Legislature so that in the British system as well as in the American system the Legislature is absolute though in the American Constittion there is the Presidential Veto. [...] President : I will put the amendment of Kazi Syed Karimud din to vote : "That the following be added at the end of Clause 10 : `That the Executive of the Union shall be non-parliamentary in the sense that it shall not be removable before the term of the Legislature and a meber of the Cabinet or the Cabinets may be removed at any time on ipeachment before a judicial tribunal on the ground of