Parliament (Part V, Chapter II)
Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Chairman and Deputy Chairman
Practise 6 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Speaker: election, vacation, resignation (Art. 93-94)
- Removal resolution: 14 days' notice, majority of all then members; Speaker may speak and vote first time (Art. 94, 96)
- Speaker continues until immediately before the new House meets (Art. 94 proviso)
- Deputy Speaker: election, powers when presiding, convention (Art. 93, 95)
- Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (Art. 89-92)
- Speaker pro tem and panel of chairpersons
- Speaker need not resign from party; role in the Tenth Schedule
Where to study
The Constitution of India
- Art. 89-98
- Art. 93-94
- Art. 94
- Art. 96
- Art. 93
- Art. 95
- Art. 89-92
- Art. 95 (Deputy Speaker or other member to act as Speaker)
- Art. 99 (oath before taking seat)
- Tenth Schedule para 5
Indian Polity · M. Laxmikanth
- ch. 22 Presiding Officers of Parliament