Elections, electoral law and political parties (Part XV, RPA, Tenth Schedule)
Political parties and the anti-defection law (Tenth Schedule)
Practise 3 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Grounds of disqualification under the Tenth Schedule
- Nominated members and the six-month window
- Merger exception; split exception deleted by the 91st Amendment
- Presiding officer decides; Kihoto Hollohan and judicial review
- National and State parties; recognition criteria
- Pressure groups and their role
Where to study
The Constitution of India
- Tenth Schedule
- Art. 102(2)
- Art. 191(2)
- Tenth Schedule para 2
- Tenth Schedule para 2(3)
- Tenth Schedule para 4
- Tenth Schedule paras 6-7
Indian Polity · M. Laxmikanth
- ch. 67 Anti-Defection Law
- ch. 64 Political Parties
- ch. 68 Pressure Groups
Supreme Court of India, Kihoto Hollohan vs Zachillhu And Others on 18 February, 1992
- judgment of 18 February 1992
The Representation of the People Act, 1951
- s. 29A Registration with the Election Commission of associations and bodies as political parties
NCERT Class XI Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 3: Election and Representation
- pp. 2-3 'Elections and Democracy'