ANTI-DEFECTION LAW IN INDIA AND THE COMMONWEALTH

G.C. MALHOTRA

LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT

METROPOLITAN BOOK CO. PVT. LTD

CONTENTS
Foreword Preface List of Tables List of Graphs Table of Abbreviations
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CHAPTER ONE Genesis of the law CHAPTER TWO World Parliaments : An Overview CHAPTER THREE Commonwealth Parliaments A. Country Summaries Anguilla Australia Bangladesh Barbados Belize Bermuda Botswana 33 33 34 36 37 38 38 15

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Anti-Defection Law in India and the Commonwealth Cameroon Canada Cyprus Dominica Ghana Grenada Guyana India Jamaica Kenya Lesotho Malawi Malaysia Mozambique Namibia Nauru New Zealand Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Samoa Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri Lanka Tanzania Trinidad & Tobago Tuvalu Uganda United Kingdom Zambia Zimbabwe 39 39 42 42 42 43 43 45 45 45 46 48 49 50 51 51 52 54 55 56 56 58 59 60 60 65 65 66 67 68 68 69 71

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Contents B. Position at a Glance Statement Chart Graphs CHAPTER FOUR The Indian Scenario A. Case Summaries Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha State Legislatures Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himacha! Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Orissa Punjab Rajasthan

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Anti-Defection Law in India and the Commonwealth Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttaranchal West Bengal Delhi Pondicherry B. Position at a Glance Statements Tables Graphs C. Judicial Pronouncements Prakash Singh Badal and Others Case Kihota Hollohon Case Kashinath G. Jhalmi and another Case Ravi S. Naik Case G. Viswanathan and Azhagu Thirunavakkarasu Case Mayawati Case D. An Analytical Study CHAPTER FIVE 765 818 881 894 917 924 965 665 753 (xxxi-xxxviii) 549 556 562 563 631 632 634 640

Anti-defection law in India : An Appraisal ANNEXURES A. Texts of Articles 102 (2) and 191 (2) and the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution B. C. The Members of Lok Sabha (Disqualification on Ground of Defection) Rules, 1985 The Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act, 2003

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D. Decisions in respect of petitions for disqualification

Contents given by respective Speakers, Lok Sabha and Chairmen, Rajya Sabha under the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution E. F. Bibliography Case Index Index Opinions of Attorney-General for India on some issues pertaining to the Anti-defection Law List of Presiding Officers of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and State Legislatures

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