The Calcutta Weekly Notes July 1 1946

Justice Gentle’s elevation to the office of Chief Justice of the Madras High Court has been rleased some time ago even though the appoinraent does not take effect for several months yet to come no similar announcement has been vouchsafed us in regard to the permanent vacancy in the office of the Chief Justice Calcutta High Court which will require to be filled before the expiry of the co [...] Hopes had been pitched high that in spite of the many difficulties besetting the Congress and the League leadership a way out would somehow be found and the Interim Government that was to usher in India’s Constitution-making body and make arrangements for its smooth and successful working would have in it the participation of at least the two major parties in the country. [...] This the Congress sought to do by asking for the inclusion even out of its own list and at the cost of reducing the number of Hindu members of the Interim Government vis-a-vis its Muslim members of one “ Nationlist Muslim ” either out of the Congress' own ranks or from among Muslim Congressmen. [...] If the Congress and the League cannot agree as 'it has been proved that they cannot on the problems of interim administrtion and their solution they can and should put out the best effort for the success of the lonterm plans for constitution-making which both the organisations have decided to give an honest trial. [...] On the application of the decree-holder a dcree was transferred from the Court at B to a 'Court at M. But the provisions of Or.