Parliament Flashcards
Parlimentary form of Govt is aka
Westminister model of Govt
Which A? and part does Parliament find mention?
A 79-122
Part V
Who consists of Parliament?
President
LS
RS
What does RS represent?
What does LS rep?
States and UTs
People of India as a whole
What role does President have in Parliament?
Assent
Legislative powers
Features of Parliamentary form of Govt?
Interdependence between legislative and executive
Schedule that deals with allocation of Seats in RS
4th schedule
seats allotted on the basis of population of state/UT
How are members elected to RS?
election method?
indirect elections
elected members of SLA of states and UTs (only Delhi and Puducherry)
Proportional rep
Voting age reduced from 21 to 18- which amendment?
61st amendment 1988
For LS elections,
uniformity in representation
- between states
- between constituencies within a state
Act for drawing the constituencies after census?
Delimitation Commission Act
Amendments associated with delimitation of constituencies
42nd
84th
87th
First past the post system is aka
System of territorial rep
rep of a geographical area: constituency
simple majority rep
Proportional rep by means of STV is used for which elections
RS
SLC
President
VP
RS first constituted
1952
When does presidential nomination to RS take place
beginning of every 3rd year
Term of members of RS
Where is it mentioned? Is it mentioned in Constitution?
6 years
determined by RPA 1951
Duration of LS
When President dissolves LS can it be challenged in court?
What happens to LS during emergency?
5 yrs from the date of its first meeting after general elections
No judicial review for dissolution
term can be extended by law of Parliament for one year at a time – during National emergency
After emergency over – cannot continue beyond 6 months
Qualification according to Constitution
RPA
citizen
25 - LS
30 - RS
RPA
registered as elector of any constituency
Disqualification under Constitution
- office of profit under Union or state govt
except any office exempted by Parliament - unsound mind declared by a court
- undischarged insolvent
- not citizen of India
- disqualification under any law made by Parliament (RPA)
Disqualification under RPA (8)
- Conviction for offence resulting imprisonment of 2 or more years
- not convicted for promoting enmity b/w diff groups + offence of bribery
- not convicted for preaching or practicing social crimes
- not failed to lodge election expenses
- no interest in Govt contracts, works or services
- no office of profit in company with Govt having at least 25% share
- not dismissed from govt office for corruption or disloyalty
- not guilty for election offences
Anti defection
Which amendment? Which schedule mentions ground of defection?
52nd amd
10th schedule
Who decides on disqualification
1) under Constitutional provisions and RPA?
2) Is it under judicial review?
3) under defection?
4) Is it under judicial review?
1) President in consultation with ECI - binding on President
2) President’s decision is final, no judicial review
3) Presiding officer of LS/RS
4)Yes
Who decides on disqualification
1) under Constitutional provisions and RPA?
2) Is it under judicial review?
3) under defection?
4) Is it under judicial review?
1) President in consultation with ECI - binding on President
2) President’s decision is final, no judicial review
3) Presiding officer of LS/RS
4)Yes
Conditions under which MP vacates his seat (5)
- Double membership
MP cannot be member of both houses of Parliament at the same time
If elected to both houses, should intimate within 10 days, else RS seat becomes vacant
If sitting member of one house gets elected to another house, his seat in first house falls vacant
If a person is elected to same house on 2 seats, should choose one. Else both seats fall vacant
Person cannot be member of both Parliament and SLA at the same time
Need to resign SLA seat within 14 days or the Parliament seat becomes vacant
- Disqualification
- Resignation
By writing to presiding officer - Absence
absent from all of its meetings for a period of 60 days without permission of the house - Others
- election declared void by court
- expelled by house
- elected to the office of President or VP or appointed as Gov.
If person elected to both Houses of Parliament
In default
10 days - intimate which house
RS seat is vacant
If a seating member of one house, gets elected to another house
Seat in first house falls vacant
If person elected to 2 seats in a house
Should choose one, otherwise both seats vacant
Under what condition presiding officer may not accepted resignation of MP
satisfied that not voluntary or genuine
If disqualified person is elected to Parliament
- Constitution mentions no procedure to declare election void– RPA does
HC can declare election of disqualified person void
Date of election of Speaker fixed by
President
When does speaker vacate his office?
- He ceases to be member of LS
- resigns by writing –> Deputy Speaker
- removed by the MPs
Removal of Speaker/Deputy speaker
1. Majority
2. notice
3. what happens to Speaker
4. motion for removal of speaker require support of how many?
Effective majority
14 days
cannot preside
can take part in proceedings and vote in the first instance
4. at least 50
Quorum req.
If there is no quorum during a meeting of the House, what happens?
1/10th of the total strength of the House including the presiding officer
55- LS
25- RS
duty of the presiding officer either to adjourn the House or to suspend the meeting until there is a quorum
Head of the LS
Leader of the House
Speaker
Usually, PM
Speaker appoints chairman of
He is the chairman of
All parliamentary committees of LS
Business Advisory Committee
Rules C, General Purpose C
Speaker’s powers of regulating procedure or conducting business or maintaining order in the House are not subject to
jurisdiction of any Court.
Order of Precedence: Position of Speaker
7th rank along with CJI
he has a higher rank than all cabinet ministers(8th), except the Prime Minister (3rd rank) or Deputy Prime Minister (5A)
How is a deputy speaker chosen?
election by LS members among themselves
The date of election of the Deputy Speaker is fixed by
Speaker
It should be noted here that the Deputy Speaker is not ————– to the Speaker
He is directly responsible to ——————.
subordinate
the House
Special privilege of Deputy speaker
whenever he is appointed as a member of a parliamentary committee, he automatically becomes its chairman.