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The Calcutta Review an Illustrated Monthly (Third Series) January 1943

1943

The country found in the attitude of Government justification for the apprehensions felt all along that with the signing of the Armistice and the end of the necessity/A Indian co-operation in the prosecution of the War the administration would revert to its old time policy of checking as far as possible all political progress. [...] Neverthless he maintained that failing a general principle governing the line of demarcation between the legislature and the executive it would be safe to presume that the intention of Parliament was to base the division of the powers of the Government of India on the model of England that is the Executive council to exercise the same prergative as did the British ('town and the act of t [...] The resolution and the draft of standing orders were communicated to the Court of Directors who without taking any notice of that determination of the Government of India simply expressed their approval of the standing orders.' The theory of independence and distinctness of the Legislative Council was of great significance : had it obtained the official sanction. [...] under the said Act of the third and fourth years of King William the Fourth be members of the said Council of India for and in relation to the exercise of such powers of making laws and regulations as aforesaid and shall be distinguished as Legislative Councillors thereof." By the perusal of this Section it will be noticed that the Act merely ordained to add a few members to the Governor-Genera [...] The Legislative Councillors were members of the Governor-General-in-Council exactly in the same manner (except a subtle distinction that the Fourth Ordinary Member was virtually a part of the Executive while the Legislative Councillors were not) as legal member was a member of the council prior to the passing of the Act of 1853 that is to say they were not to sit and vote in the Council except
history
Pages
103
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120137
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-vi unknown view
The Provisions of the Rowlatt Act and their Justification
1-11 H.C. Mookerjee view
The Two Councils Theory of Lords Macaulay and Dalhousie
12-20 P.N. Malhan view
Shakespeare: His Life and Work
21-30 Hari Gour view
Alternate Forms of Politics
31-42 Kalidas Bhattacharya view
Maulavi Qader’s Nepal Embassy 1795—A Forgotten Episode
43-49 Bishnupada Chakraverti view
New Light on the History of North-East India
50-52 N.B. Sinba view
The Problem of Jute
53-58 Birendra Roychowdhury view
The Reserve Powers of the Governor and Responsible Government in Bengal
59-67 Tripurari Chakravarti view
Turkey
68-75 Naresh Roy view
Akbar
76-80 unknown view
Dr. Placido De Braganga Cunha: in Memoriam
81-81 S.N. Sen view
Round the World
82-90 unknown view
Reviews and Notices of Books
91-95 unknown view
Ourselves
96-97 unknown view

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