Lok Sabha Speaker to hold discussions on Anti-Defection Law with presiding officers of state legislatures

Jul 13, 2022

New Delhi [India], July 13 : Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will meet the Presiding Officers of the Legislative Bodies in India on July...

Lok Sabha secretariat issues letters to three MPs over complaints received under anti-defection law

Jul 15, 2021

New Delhi [India], July 15 : The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Thursday issued letters to MPs Shishir Adhikari, Sunil Kumar Mandal, and YSRCP rebel...

Chhatarpur MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar loses Delhi assembly membership after switching to BJP

Sep 25, 2024

Chhatarpur MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar has lost his membership in the Delhi assembly. Speaker Ram Niwas Goel has disqualified Tanwar under the anti-defection law.

Three independent MLAs move Himachal HC; Speaker Pathania defers resignation case for February 24

Apr 10, 2024

Himachal Pradesh Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on Wednesday said that the three Independent MLAs who resigned earlier now fall under the preview of the...

"Time has come to take cognizance of anti-defection law...": Congress MP Manish Tewari

Sep 18, 2023

Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari on Monday said that the time has come to take the anti-defection law which has been enshrined in...

Six rebel Himachal leaders withdraw plea from Supreme Court

May 10, 2024

On February 29, the Speaker disqualified the six Congress MLAs who cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha polls. The six MLAs who had been disqualified...