13. The Indian Constitution has provisions for holding joint session of the two houses of the Parliament. Enumerate the occasions when this would normally happen and also the occasions when it cannot, with reasons thereof. (250 words) 15M
Ans. Joint session is a very unique instrument at the hands of the President which is to be used rarely mainly to remove the deadlock between the two houses of Parliament. There are two occasions on which the joint-sitting of Parliament is convened
(i) Special address by the President At the commencement of the first session after each general election to the House of the People and at the commencement of the first session of each year (normally the budget session), the President shall address both the Houses of Parliament assembled together and inform the Parliament of the causes of its summons.
(ii) For resolving any deadlock over the passage of a bill There are three circumstances which can lead to a deadlock between the two Houses of Parliament. If a Bill, other than a Money Bill or a Constitutional Amendment Bill, has been passed by one House and transmitted to the other House and
(a) the Bill is rejected by the other House; or
(b) the Houses have finally disagreed as to the amendments to be made in the Bill; or
(c) more than six months elapse from the date of the reception of the Bill by the other House without the Bill being passed by it, the President may, notify his intention to summon both the Houses to meet in a joint sitting for the purpose of deliberating and voting on the Bill.
In cases of Constitutional Amendment Bill and Money Bills, joint sessions are not held as in Money Bills Rajya Sabha does not have the authority of blocking the bill for more than 14 days, in Constitutional Amendment Bill it is taken as a precaution to respect the relevance of the Rajya Sabha as it must have blocked it to restrict hasty legislations in an important matter such as Constitutional
Amendment Bill.
The joint session of Indian Parliament has been called only for three times until now. It was called to pass three bills which are the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961, the Banking Service Commission Repeal Bill of 1978 and the Prevention of Terrorism Act of 2002.
Ans. Joint session is a very unique instrument at the hands of the President which is to be used rarely mainly to remove the deadlock between the two houses of Parliament. There are two occasions on which the joint-sitting of Parliament is convened
(i) Special address by the President At the commencement of the first session after each general election to the House of the People and at the commencement of the first session of each year (normally the budget session), the President shall address both the Houses of Parliament assembled together and inform the Parliament of the causes of its summons.
(ii) For resolving any deadlock over the passage of a bill There are three circumstances which can lead to a deadlock between the two Houses of Parliament. If a Bill, other than a Money Bill or a Constitutional Amendment Bill, has been passed by one House and transmitted to the other House and
(a) the Bill is rejected by the other House; or
(b) the Houses have finally disagreed as to the amendments to be made in the Bill; or
(c) more than six months elapse from the date of the reception of the Bill by the other House without the Bill being passed by it, the President may, notify his intention to summon both the Houses to meet in a joint sitting for the purpose of deliberating and voting on the Bill.
In cases of Constitutional Amendment Bill and Money Bills, joint sessions are not held as in Money Bills Rajya Sabha does not have the authority of blocking the bill for more than 14 days, in Constitutional Amendment Bill it is taken as a precaution to respect the relevance of the Rajya Sabha as it must have blocked it to restrict hasty legislations in an important matter such as Constitutional
Amendment Bill.
The joint session of Indian Parliament has been called only for three times until now. It was called to pass three bills which are the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961, the Banking Service Commission Repeal Bill of 1978 and the Prevention of Terrorism Act of 2002.
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