Indian Round Table Conference (Second Session) 7th September 1931-1st December 1931. Sub-Committees’ Reports; and Prime Minister’s Statement

The Committee recommend that the 200 members of the Upper I use should be chosen in the main to represent the compnent U s—the Provinces of British India and the States--and that the representatives of the British Indian Provinces should be elected by the Provincial Legislatures by the single transferable vote. [...] On the other hand while the Committee for the reasons given are not prepared to advocate the nomination of members in either Chamber to represent the Crown or Crown interests they are impressed with the desirability of securing to the Federation the services in the "Upper Chamber of persons of the elder statesman type with an experience of public affairs both in the political sphere and outsi [...] In their view since the Supply required by the Federal Government will be required for the common purposes of the Federation (or for the common purposes of British India) there is no logical reason which could be adduced in favour of depriving the representatives of the Federal Units in the Senate of a voice in the appropriation of the revenues the responsibility of raising which they would sha [...] The Committee are of opinion that an appeal should not lie from the Federal Court to the Privy Council except by leave of the Court itself though the right of any person to petition the Crown for special leave to appeal and the right of the Crown to grant such leave would of course be preserved; some delegates were however of opinion that the Federal Court should be a final Court of Appeal. [...] The appointment of the staff of the Curt should be vested in the Chief Justice acting on the advice of the Public19 Service Commission ; but the number and salaries of the staff must of course be subject to the prior approval of the Governor General.