“SUPREME AUTHORITY”

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17608, 26 October 1931, Page 7

“SUPREME AUTHORITY”

MR. GANDHI’S DEMAND FUTURE RULE OF INDIA (British Official Wireless.) ltec. 10 a.m. RUGBY, Oct. 24. During a discussion of the proposed indian federal court at the Round Table Conference to-day, Mr. Gandhi said he thought the Indian delegates’ speeches displayed insufficient trust in themselves- and in the ability of an Indian national government to conduct its affairs impartially. The communal issue also bad colored the discussions. Ho differed entirely from the view that the constitution would give anything more than the framework of a federal court and the defining of its jurisdiction, and, to start with, provide judges to serve for a fixed period. The rest should be left for the federal government to evolve. The fundamental belief of the congress . was that India should have its own Privy Council. It based its policy on trust and confidence, and believed that supreme authority should be established. India should bo responsible for appointing judges, and for other matters to-day belonging to the Crown. Other speakers included .Sir P. C. Mitler, who regarded Delhi as an unsuitable meeting place for a federal court, and Mr. Zahrullah Khan, who urged that the preogative of the Crown as exercised by the Privy Council should be left alone. Sir Akbar Kydari urged that the appointment of judges should be made by the Crown.