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*Legal Luminary Ambedkar: Why DIDN’T Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, a great scholar in the field of law and a unique constitutional luminary, choose to become a judge of High Court?*
*Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar himself says about it:*
“…When I came from England after getting my degree in Doctor of Philosophy, there was nobody in India with such qualifications. So when I reached Bombay and settled in the Mohalla from where I had gone, the Bombay Government, after a great difficulty found my place, as nobody knew where I was residing- it was such an unpopular place- and approached me to accept the post of Professor of Political Economy. I refused the offer. If I had accepted that job, I would have been at least Director of Public Instructions. I would have got three or four thousands of rupees a month. I refused the post because I had a great feeling for the service of my community which I could not have done regaining in that service. A Government servant, you know, cannot serve his community as he has to go according to the wishes of the Government and follow the policy of the Government.
After earning some money for two-three years, I again went to England for further studies and came back as a barrister. When I returned to Bombay, I was again asked by the Bombay Government to accept the post of District Judge. I was offered Rs.2000/- per month and promised that I will be a High Court Judge after some time. But I did not accept that also. My income although, from other sources at that time was only Rs.200/-.
In 1942, I had to face two questions. One was to serve whether I should serve as a High Court Judge and the other was to join the Government of India as a Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council. Had I joined the High Court, I would have received Rs.5000/- per menses as pay and Rs.1000/- as pension after retirement but I did not do that. I entered politics. I got birth in Achchut (untouchable) community and I will die for my community and the cause of my community is supreme to me. I did not join any party or body. I remained independent while in the Congress Government, I remained true to my people. Many people thought that I had joined Congress party as I had accepted the Cabinet Ministership of the Congress Government. The critics pointed out that Dr.Ambedkar had joined the Congress and why the Scheduled Caste people should continue to remain in the Scheduled Castes Federation. I explained about it at Lucknow that earth and stone are two different things and they can never mix together. Stone will remain the stone and the earth will remain the earth. I am like a rock which does not melt but turns the course of rivers. Wherever I may be, in whatever company I find myself, I would never lose my separate identity…”
*(Revolutionary Dr. Ambedkar’s speech in Jalandhar on 27.10.1951)*
