Anti-Defection Law

Delay in disqualifying rebel TMC MPs: SC seeks reply to plea by Abhishek Banerjee against Speaker's inaction
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Delay in disqualifying rebel TMC MPs: SC seeks reply to plea by Abhishek Banerjee against Speaker's inaction

Debayan Roy
2 min read
Abhishek Banerjee moves Supreme Court against delay by LS Speaker in deciding disqualification petitions against rebel TMC MPs
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Abhishek Banerjee moves Supreme Court against delay by LS Speaker in deciding disqualification petitions against rebel TMC MPs

Bar & Bench
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A CA's guide to defection: Raghav Chadha and the remediless ideological voter
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A CA's guide to defection: Raghav Chadha and the remediless ideological voter

Ritwik Choudhury
4 min read
Seven into BJP: Does the Rajya Sabha merger pass anti-defection muster?
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Seven into BJP: Does the Rajya Sabha merger pass anti-defection muster?

Narasimhan Vijayaraghavan
3 min read
Stretching the Constitutional elastic Part II: Electoral democracy under strain
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Stretching the Constitutional elastic Part II: Electoral democracy under strain

Nakashvir Singh Aulakh
7 min read
Gross contempt: Supreme Court slams Telangana Speaker in case on BRS MLAs' defection to Congress
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Gross contempt: Supreme Court slams Telangana Speaker in case on BRS MLAs' defection to Congress

Debayan Roy
2 min read
Supreme Court rejects petition challenging anti-defection law under Tenth Schedule
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Supreme Court rejects petition challenging anti-defection law under Tenth Schedule

Debayan Roy
2 min read
Defecting Himachal Pradesh MLAs will not get pension: State Assembly passes law
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Defecting Himachal Pradesh MLAs will not get pension: State Assembly passes law

Ratna Singh
2 min read
Himachal Congress turncoat MLAs withdraw plea from Supreme Court against disqualification
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Himachal Congress turncoat MLAs withdraw plea from Supreme Court against disqualification

Abhimanyu Hazarika
2 min read
Ridiculous to expect Speaker to decide neutrally on disqualification for defection: Abhishek Manu Singhvi
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Ridiculous to expect Speaker to decide neutrally on disqualification for defection: Abhishek Manu Singhvi

Abhimanyu Hazarika
4 min read
AM Singhvi appears in Supreme Court against six Himachal Congress MLAs whose cross-voting led to his loss
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AM Singhvi appears in Supreme Court against six Himachal Congress MLAs whose cross-voting led to his loss

Abhimanyu Hazarika
3 min read
No fundamental right to be MLA: Supreme Court on plea by disqualified Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs
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No fundamental right to be MLA: Supreme Court on plea by disqualified Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs

Bar & Bench
2 min read
Anti-defection Law: Bombay High Court seeks Attorney General's response on PIL against exemption to merger between parties
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Anti-defection Law: Bombay High Court seeks Attorney General's response on PIL against exemption to merger between parties

Neha Joshi
1 min read
High Courts should decide disqualification petitions under Tenth Schedule, not Speaker: Arvind Datar
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High Courts should decide disqualification petitions under Tenth Schedule, not Speaker: Arvind Datar

Neha Joshi
4 min read
Kerala High Court calls for financial penalty on defecting politicians, changes to anti-defection law
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Kerala High Court calls for financial penalty on defecting politicians, changes to anti-defection law

Giti Pratap
3 min read
Anti-defection law: PIL in Bombay High Court challenges protection from disqualification to MPs/MLAs whose parties merge
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Anti-defection law: PIL in Bombay High Court challenges protection from disqualification to MPs/MLAs whose parties merge

Neha Joshi
2 min read
In bail cases before CBI or PMLA courts, we tell clients frankly they will not get bail: Kapil Sibal
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In bail cases before CBI or PMLA courts, we tell clients frankly they will not get bail: Kapil Sibal

Debayan Roy
3 min read
Maharashtra Politics: Can we restore the earlier speaker and invalidate a trust vote which never took place? Supreme Court asks
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Maharashtra Politics: Can we restore the earlier speaker and invalidate a trust vote which never took place? Supreme Court asks

Debayan Roy
5 min read
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