Practice and procedure of parliament

After obtaining Tripos in Economics from Cambridge and being called to the Bar in 1925 with distinction in Constitu tional Law, Shri Kaul practised at the Allahabad High Court for more than 10. years. He was also the Editor of Allaha bad Law Journal during 1931-37. In 1937, he joined the Central Legislative Assem bly Department. He assisted Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in drafting the provisions rela ting to Parliament & State Legislatures.. He became Secretary of the Constituent Assembly (Legislative), Provisional Par liament and Lok Sabha in succession. He retired from the last position in 1964 and was appointed by the Government of India as Public Trustee. In 1966, he was nominated by the President as Member of Rajya Sabha, where his major contributions have been on parliamentary and constitutional matters.

As first Secretary of the various Parliamentary Committees, which were established after the Constitution came into force, Shri Kaul helped in establish ing sound precedents for their successful functioning. He has also been Secretary of the Conference of Presiding Officers, Secretary of the Indian Parliamentary Group, Chairman of the Conference of Secretaries of Legislative Bodies in India, and member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Secretaries-General of Parliaments of the world. He was the founder member and the first Honorary Director of the Institute of Constitu tional and Parliamentary Studies. As Secretary to a number of Parliamentary Delegations. Shri Kaul has travelled widely and studied parliamentary proce dures of most of the Parliaments in the world.

Shri Kaul has contributed Reports and Papers to various international bodies, written articles and joined Radio and Television discussions on many current topics of parliamentary and constitutio nal importance. His book Conversation on Parliamentary Procedure is read by all students of parliamentary procedure.