MAHANADI COAL FIELDS LTD Vs. MATHIAS ORAM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Speaking in the Constituent Assembly on November 25, 1949 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Constitution of India made one of the most incisive remarks on it:

(2.) Since independence India has indeed covered a long way on the pathof development and economic growth. It continues to take long strides on that path. But how far have we been able to live down the fears expressed by Dr. Ambedkar about our democratic Constitution How far have we been able to get rid of the contradictions in our life This case raises these difficult questions.

(3.) We are anxious that India should develop and grow fast and becomestrong to take its rightful place in the comity of nations.