âś… Speaker is the head of Lok Sabha, and its representative. It is constitutional office under Article 93. He/She is the guardian of powers and privileges of the members. He/She is ultimate interpreter and arbiter of provisions which relate to functioning of House.
✅Judicial Pronouncements: 🔸 In Keisham Meghachandra Singh Case, SC said disqualification petitions are entrusted to a speaker, can be replaced by a permanent tribunal. 🔸 Kihoto Holohan Case 1992- Speakers decision in anti-defection law subject to judicial review.
âś… Issues :
✅Role under anti-defection law: Speaker has authority to disqualify MPs or MLA on grounds of defection. ex Manipur Speaker in 2020. ✅ On declaring money bill: Speaker’s decision to certify Aadhaar bill as money bill was criticised on this ground. ✅ Legislative proceedings: For instance, suspension of MLAs of Tamil Nadu Assembly in 2016. ✅ Allegations of partisanship ✅ Disruptions in the house: Recent Budget Session had lowest productivity in five years, and 17th Lok Sabha is expected to have the fewest sitting days since 1952,
✅Suggestions ✅ Reduce role of speaker in Anti-defection law ✅ Follow Britain’s model to uphold impartiality. ✅ Continuation based on performance: Page Committee, allowing the Speaker to continue in next Parliament if they exhibited impartiality and efficiency during their tenure. ✅ Restrictions on political office.
âś… Speaker is the head of Lok Sabha, and its representative. It is constitutional office under Article 93. He/She is the guardian of powers and privileges of the members. He/She is ultimate interpreter and arbiter of provisions which relate to functioning of House.
✅Judicial Pronouncements: 🔸 In Keisham Meghachandra Singh Case, SC said disqualification petitions are entrusted to a speaker, can be replaced by a permanent tribunal. 🔸 Kihoto Holohan Case 1992- Speakers decision in anti-defection law subject to judicial review.
âś… Issues :
✅Role under anti-defection law: Speaker has authority to disqualify MPs or MLA on grounds of defection. ex Manipur Speaker in 2020. ✅ On declaring money bill: Speaker’s decision to certify Aadhaar bill as money bill was criticised on this ground. ✅ Legislative proceedings: For instance, suspension of MLAs of Tamil Nadu Assembly in 2016. ✅ Allegations of partisanship ✅ Disruptions in the house: Recent Budget Session had lowest productivity in five years, and 17th Lok Sabha is expected to have the fewest sitting days since 1952,
✅Suggestions ✅ Reduce role of speaker in Anti-defection law ✅ Follow Britain’s model to uphold impartiality. ✅ Continuation based on performance: Page Committee, allowing the Speaker to continue in next Parliament if they exhibited impartiality and efficiency during their tenure. ✅ Restrictions on political office.
“To the extent it is used I fear it’s often for illicit finance. It’s an extremely inefficient way of conducting transactions, and the amount of energy that’s consumed in processing those transactions is staggering,” the former Fed chairwoman said. Yellen’s comments have been cited as a reason for bitcoin’s recent losses. However, Yellen’s assessment of bitcoin as a inefficient medium of exchange is an important point and one that has already been raised in the past by bitcoin bulls. Using a volatile asset in exchange for goods and services makes little sense if the asset can tumble 10% in a day, or surge 80% over the course of a two months as bitcoin has done in 2021, critics argue. To put a finer point on it, over the past 12 months bitcoin has registered 8 corrections, defined as a decline from a recent peak of at least 10% but not more than 20%, and two bear markets, which are defined as falls of 20% or more, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
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