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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicConstituent Assembly

Topic: Constituent Assembly

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

One of 15 women in India’s Constituent Assembly, Kamala Chaudhri defended the Hindu Code Bill

In 'The Fifteen', Angellica Aribam and Akash Satyawali document the extraordinary lives of the women who helped shape the Constitution of India.

Muslims don’t want reservation. We want to merge in the nation–Tajamul Hussain

On 26 May 1949, Constituent Assembly member Tajamul Hussain argued against the idea of reservation for Muslims, adding that such measures would do ‘more harm than good’.

‘Pregnant person’ — not just women, trans men & others can also be with child, says Supreme Court

Bench led by CJI has used term 'pregnant persons' in judgment & explained why. Last year, CJI had stoked controversy by observing that there was no absolute concept of man or woman.

Quota for women, minorities & civil code — where India’s ‘founding mothers’ stood on key issues

Supreme Court in a judgment earlier this month used term ‘founding parents’ to refer to makers of Constitution. Of 389 members of Constituent Assembly, 15 were women.

Indian citizenship ought not to be made so very easy and cheap–PS Deshmukh

In his speech in the Constituent Assembly on 11 August 1949, Panjabrao Shamrao Deshmukh expressed his displeasure at the ‘most ill-fated article in the whole Constitution’.

J&K ‘surrendered’ sovereignty in 1949, Article 370 a temporary provision — breakdown of SC judgment

Top court finds fault in process by which Parliament sought to interpret Article 367 to substitute 'Constituent Assembly' with 'State Legislative Assembly' in Article 370(3).

Fears of India’s founders are coming true. Governors are acting like viceroys

In a Constituent Assembly debate, Rohini Kumar Chaudhary argued governor’s powers could tarnish the Constitution ‘just as a piece of cow dung may spoil the whole vessel of milk’.

‘India, that is Bharat’ — How Constituent Assembly debated nation’s name in Article 1 of Constitution

While G20 dinner invite in the name of ‘President of Bharat’ has triggered row, Centre had earlier asserted in court that ‘there is no change in circumstances to consider any change in Article 1’.

Unafraid to oppose Ambedkar, Congress—Dakshayani Velayudhan was India’s 1st Dalit woman MLA

Achyut Chetan's 'Founding Mothers of the Indian Republic' explores the contributions of women leaders in the making of our Constitution.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.