Report on Indian Constitutional Reforms

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Report on Indian Constitutional Reforms

1918

When we speak of the action of a local Government or of the Government of India the 'terms should be understood in reference to the general powers of control exercised by the Government of India and the Secretary of State in Council respectively If we speak of " Indian opinion " we should be understood as 4.enerally referring to the majority of those who have held or are capable of holding an o [...] State for India made the following announcment in the House of Commons : — The Policy of His Majesty's Government with which the Government of India are in complete accord is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realization of responsible government in Indi [...] The report surveyed the relations between the Indian and the provincial Governments and also between the latter and the authorities subordinate to them and recommended a series of measures having for their object the relaxation of control by higher authorities and the simplification of administrative methods. [...] But when Lori Mayo's Government as a whole protested at being required to pass the Bills which became the Contract Act and the Evidence Act in the shape in which the Secretary of State on the report of the Indian Law Commissioners approved them on the ground that such a course deprived the legislative councils of all liberty of action the Home Government proceeded to assert their rights of contr [...] In scrutinizing the control exercised over the Government of India by Her Majesty's Goverment and the grounds for maintaining that control it must be borne in mind that the superintending authority of Parliament is the reason and the measure of the authority exercised by the responsible Ministers of the Crown ; and that if the one power is limited the other must be limited at the same time."
government politics public policy
Pages
248
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.146227
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
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Frontmatter
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Part I. The Material
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Part II. The Proposals
115-223 unknown view
Appendices
224-238 unknown view
Supplementary Papers
239-243 unknown view