Knowledge Themes
52nd Constitutional Amendment Act
Tenth Schedule
91st Constitutional Amendment Act
Kihoto Hollohan Case (1992)
Article 102(2)
Article 191(2)
Dinesh Goswami Committee
Law Commission 170th Report
Keisham Meghachandra Singh Case (2020)
Judicial Review of Speaker's Decision
Whip and Party Discipline
Split and Merger Provisions
Office of Profit
Aaya Ram Gaya Ram Phenomenon
2nd Administrative Reforms Commission
Structural Subtopics
- Constitutional basis of the Tenth Schedule and the 52nd Amendment Act 1985
- Grounds for disqualification for members of political parties
- Rules for independent and nominated members under the Tenth Schedule
- Exceptions to disqualification including the two-thirds merger rule
- Role and powers of the Presiding Officer as a quasi-judicial authority
- Judicial review of the Speaker's decision and the Kihoto Hollohan case
- Impact of the 91st Constitutional Amendment Act 2003 on splits and cabinet size
- Issue of time-bound decisions and the Keisham Meghachandra Singh case
- Role of the whip and intra-party democracy vs. freedom of speech
- Recommendations of the Dinesh Goswami Committee and Law Commission’s 170th Report
- Analysis of "voluntarily giving up membership" through Ravi S. Naik and Rajendra Singh Rana cases
- Comparison of anti-defection provisions in other parliamentary democracies
- Impact of defection on political stability and the mandate of the electorate
- Proposed reforms to shift adjudicatory power to the President or Governor on Election Commission advice
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