Adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha to seek repealing of three farm laws

Adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha to seek repealing of three farm laws

Subject : Polity

Context : Recently, the Shiromani Akali Dal general secretary has said that as their party would be moving adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha to seek repealing of three farm laws.

Concept :

Adjournment Motion

• It is introduced in the Lok Sabha to draw attention of the House to a definite matter of urgent public importance.
• It needs the support of 50 members to be admitted in the Parliament.
• It is regarded as an extraordinary device because it interrupts the normal business of the House.
• It involves an element of censure against the government and hence Rajya Sabha is not permitted to make use of this device.
• The right to move a motion for an adjournment of the business of the House is subject to the following restrictions:
• It should raise a matter which is definite, factual, urgent and of public importance;
• It should not cover more than one matter;
• It should be restricted to a specific matter of recent occurrence and should not be framed in general terms;
• It should not raise a question of privilege;
• It should not revive discussion on a matter that has been discussed in the same session;
• It should not deal with any matter that is under adjudication by court; and
• It should not raise any question that can be raised on a distinct motion.

What are Motions?

• The House expresses its decisions or opinions on various issues through the adoption or rejection of motions moved by either ministers or private members.
• The motions moved by the members to raise discussions on various matters fall into three principal categories:
• Substantive Motion: It is a self-contained independent proposal dealing with a very important matter like impeachment of the President or removal of Chief Election Commissioner.
• Substitute Motion: It is a motion that is moved in substitution of an original motion and proposes an alternative to it.
• Subsidiary Motion: It is a motion that, by itself, has no meaning and cannot state the decision of the House without reference to the original motion or proceedings of the House.

Types of Motions

• Closure Motion: It is a motion moved by a member to cut short the debate on a matter before the House.
• Privilege Motion: It is concerned with the breach of parliamentary privileges by a minister.
• It is moved by a member when he feels that a minister has committed a breach of privilege of the House.
• Calling Attention Motion: It is introduced in the Parliament by a member to call the attention of a minister to a matter of urgent public importance, and to seek an authoritative statement from him on that matter.
• No-Confidence Motion: Article 75 of the Constitution says that the council of ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.
• The Lok Sabha can remove the ministry from office by passing a no-confidence motion.