ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE
- March 26, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE
Subject : Polity
Context : Recently, the Rajya Sabha has been adjourned sine die at the end of the Budget session of Parliament after the Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die which brought the nearly two-month long Budget session to an end.
Concept :
- The phenomenon of Adjournment Sine Die means terminating a sitting of Parliament for an indefinite period.
- It implies that when the House is adjourned without naming a day for reassembly, it is called adjournment sine die.
- The power of adjournment as well as adjournment sine die lies with the presiding officer of the House.
- The presiding officer can also call a sitting of the House before the date or time to which it has been adjourned or at any time after the House has been adjourned sine die.
- The presiding officer (Speaker or Chairman) declares the House adjourned sine die, when the business of a session is completed.