Knowledge Themes
Tenth Schedule
52nd Amendment Act 1985
91st Amendment Act 2003
Kihoto Hollohan Case
Articles 102 and 191
Role of the Speaker
Judicial Review of Speaker decisions
Dinesh Goswami Committee
Law Commission 170th Report
NCRWC Recommendations
Voluntary giving up of membership
Rule of Two-Thirds for mergers
Whip and Intra-party democracy
Office of Profit
Election Commission of India role in disqualification
Structural Subtopics
- 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act 1985
- Tenth Schedule provisions and objectives
- 91st Constitutional Amendment Act 2003 reforms
- Grounds for disqualification of elected members
- Rule-making power and role of the Presiding Officer
- Judicial review of Speaker decisions (Kihoto Hollohan case)
- Merger exception and the two-thirds rule
- Issues with the deletion of the split provision
- Impact on individual legislator freedom of speech and dissent
- Role and significance of the party whip
- Recommendations of the Dinesh Goswami Committee
- Law Commission 170th Report on splits and mergers
- 2nd Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) recommendations
- Comparison of anti-defection laws in other democratic countries
- Impact on parliamentary stability versus internal party democracy
Study Material
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