REC·1947·01Verified · primary
Section 29(2) barred laws imposing disabilities on any community or religion not imposed on others.
Evidence Reader · Constitutional Foreclosure
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1947
The Soulbury bargain
சோல்பரி உடன்படிக்கை
The record · ஆவணம்
REC·1947·02Verified · primary
The Privy Council later called s.29(2) “the solemn balance of rights between the citizens of Ceylon, the fundamental conditions on which inter se they accepted the Constitution” and held it unalterable under that Constitution.
REC·1947·03Secondary · primary check pending
The Ceylon Indian Congress contested 7 seats in 1947 and won 6 (one secondary listing names 7 members).
The law · சட்ட வாசிப்பு
Soulbury Constitution s.29(2)
The only written minority safeguard — the Privy Council called it the “solemn balance of rights”.
Friendly Relations Declaration, GA Res 2625 (1970)
Territorial integrity is protected for states “possessed of a government representing the whole people … without distinction as to race, creed or colour”. The founding bargain is the baseline that test is measured against.
Why it matters · ஏன் முக்கியம்
Read every later step against the bargain Tamils accepted in 1947.
Readings are argued positions for discussion, not legal advice or settled findings. Full sources: the dossier.