No consensus on limiting the Speaker’s powers

  • November 19, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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No consensus on limiting the Speaker’s powers

Subject – Polity

Context – The All-India Presiding Officers’ Conference (AIPOC) ended here on Thursday with the delegates failing to reach a consensus on whether the Speaker’s powers under the anti-defection law should be limited

Concept –

  • P. Joshi committee was formed in 2019 to examine the role of the Speaker in cases of disqualification on grounds of defection under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution.

To know about Anti-defection law, please refer August 2021 DPN.

No consensus on limiting the Speaker’s powers Polity