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Constituent Assembly Debates. Official Report Thursday 9th December 1948

1948

Another lioint is that the right that is vested in the Supreme Court in no way affects the right of the High Courts in any part of India to issue similar writs or to enable Parliament to make laws empowering any other Courts to exercise the same power within the local limits of its jurisdiction. [...] On the other hand the judges appointed to the Snnreme Court can he depended upon to he the guardians of the rights and privileges of the citizens the majority end the minority alike. [...] Dian coNsmssuanta 941 So far as the rights of the minorities are concerned some other provision has also been made in this Constitution in article 299 under which a special officer or officers are to be appointed to watch their interests and to report to the President of the Union as also to the Governor on how far the minority rights that have been enumerated in this and the other parts of th [...] If any emergency is proclaimed I am sure that the rights guaranteed by this article will be suspend ed only for the period of the emergency but not for another six months after the emergency is over though it is open to the President to allow the same state of affairs to continue for a period of six months after the emergency 16 over. [...] It is equally open to the President to say that this clause will be abrogated only during the period of the emergency and not for a further period of six months after the expiry of the emergency.
government politics public policy
Pages
33
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100003
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
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Draft Constitution
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