Absoluteness of the Speaker’s decisions can also be an incentive for potential abuse of his powers and functions. Discuss in light of recent controversies.

Answer: The Speaker being the head of the Lok Sabha/ Legislative Assembly is the guardian of powers and privileges of the members, house and his decision on all parliamentary matters is final.

Sources of Power of the office of Speaker: Constitution, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business and Parliamentary conventions.

Powers of the Speaker

Recent Examples of Abuse

  • Decides disqualification of members under anti-defection law without any time frame
  • Safeguard: Anti-defection decision of the speaker comes under the judicial review power of Supreme Court since 1992 Kilhoto Hollohan Case.

  • Invoked in Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, etc.
  • Discretionary power to ....

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