Indian Constitutional ProblemsD. B. Taraporevala Sons & Company, 1928 - 384 pages |
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administration adopted all-India services amendments appointments authority bill British Empire British Government British India British troops central government civil claims classes colonies Commission Committee communities considered court declarations defence desirable dyarchy election electorate Empire England English European executive government existing favour federal force Government of India Governor Governor-General Hindu Imperial Government important India Act Indian Legislative Assembly Indian legislature Indian officer Indian soldier interests introduced introduction of responsibility legislative councils Lord Bryce Madras Mahomedan matters ment military ministers ministry minorities Montagu-Chelmsford Report necessary objection organization Parliament parliamentary party political population possible present principle problem proportional representation proposals protection provincial autonomy provincial governments purpose put forward qualifications question recruitment regard relations representation responsible government revenue scheme second chamber Secretary secure self-governing colonies Sidney Low strength subjects Territorial Force tion transfer treaties upper house
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Page 10 - We felt that the governing consideration underlying all discussions of this problem must be that neither Great Britain nor the Dominions could be committed to the acceptance of active obligations except with the definite assent of their own Governments.
Page 139 - A bill shall be deemed to be rejected by the House of Lords if it is not passed by the House of Lords either without amendment or with such amendments only as may be agreed to by both houses.
Page 38 - ... such expenditure as may be in his opinion necessary for the safety or tranquillity of the province, or for the carrying on of any department...
Page 339 - ... there is no extreme disparity, in habits and ideas, between the rulers and the ruled. Foreigners do not feel with the people. They cannot judge, by the light in which a thing appears to their own minds, or the manner in which it affects their feelings, how it will affect the feelings or appear to the minds of the subject population. What a native of the country, of average practical ability, knows as it were by instinct, they have to learn slowly, and after all imperfectly, by study and experience.
Page 10 - they are autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate to one another, in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations".
Page 152 - If a Money Bill, having been passed by the House of Commons, and sent up to the House of Lords at least one month before the end of the session, is not passed by the House of Lords without amendment within one month after it is so sent up to that House, the bill shall, unless the House of Commons direct to the contrary...
Page 306 - Having no responsible ministers to deal with, it entered upon that system of long inquiries by means of its committees, which brought the whole action of the executive immediately under its purview, and transgressed our notions of the proper limits of Parliamentary interference. Having no influence in the choice of any public functionary, no power to procure the removal of such as were obnoxious to it merely on political grounds, and seeing almost every office...
Page 207 - The Sovereignty of the British Crown is supreme in India, and therefore no Ruler of an Indian State can justifiably claim to negotiate with the British Government on an equal footing. Its supremacy is not based only upon treaties and engagements, but exists independently of them...
Page 124 - That the purpose of the Army in India must be held to be the defence of India against external aggression and the maintenance of internal; peace and tranquillity. To the extent to which it is necessary for India to maintain an army for these purposes, its organisation, equipment and administration should be thoroughly...
Page 152 - Laws imposing taxation shall deal only with the imposition of taxation, and any provision therein dealing with any other matter shall be of no effect. Laws imposing taxation, except laws imposing duties of customs or of excise, shall deal with one subject of taxation only ; but laws imposing duties of customs shall deal with duties of customs only, and laws imposing duties of excise shall deal with duties of excise only.