Sibal says repeated instances of legislators escaping disqualification by claiming protection under the "merger" provision have made constitutional safeguard more ineffective ...

Congress MPs Manish Tewari and KC Venugopal move adjournment motions in Lok Sabha. Tewari seeks a debate on a new ...

Kapil Sibal challenges Tenth Schedule interpretation in Supreme Court, arguing it allows legislators to avoid ...

India's anti-defection law was introduced in 1985 to end the era of Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram politics, when legislators frequently ...

As several AAP, Shiv Sena (UBT) and TMC MPs switched sides days before the Monsoon Session of Parliament began, veteran ...

Kapil Sibal on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeks reinterpretation of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution which ...

Miffed with Congress, DMK said to be up for a rethink, while SP may take middle ground, abstain if delimitation Bill is ...

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The proposed anti-defection policy by the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has sparked debate over whether political parties can compel elected officials to forfeit office after defecting. While some ...

In a full-strength Parliament, where all members are present and voting, two-thirds works out to 362 members in the Lok Sabha and 164 in the Rajya Sabha. Unlike the Lok Sabha, the ...

Cross-voting occurs when MLAs vote for rival candidates in indirect elections like Karnataka MLC polls. The anti-defection ...