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Does the Indian Parliament have the power to expel its members under the "powers, privileges and immunities" guaranteed by the Constitution? The Indian Supreme Court was confronted with the question in Raja Ram Pal v. Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha and Others. Powers, privileges and immunities of the Indian Parliament are provided under Article 105. Supposedly based on an interpretation on Article 105(3), Sabharwal C.J., writing for the majority (Thakker J. concurring), concluded that Parliament did have the power to expel and that the same was subject to judicial review. Raveendran J. dissented. The particular privilege of the House of Commons, he said, could not be imported under Article 105(3): the "general scheme" of the Indian Constitution made this English privilege inapplicable to India. I highlight the methodological similarities of Raja Ram Pal with Narashima Rao and ask: why did the Supreme Court arrive at contrary positions in the two cases. In developing one possible set of explanations, I introduce the idea of clusters in constitutional adjudication post - Emergency. The idea of clusters, I argue, suggests that cases of the same kind stick together and possibly decided similarly. The kaleidoscope of legal and pragmatic reasoning that the majority in Raja Ram Pal weaves together, I argue in this Article, cannot be understood on its own terms: the razzmatazz must be situated within a larger canvas of a cluster of political reforms that the Indian Supreme Court has haltingly pursued in the last five years and prior to it.
Indian Parliament Describes In Detail The Working Of The Upper And Lower Houses Of The Indian Parliament, The Electoral System And The Division Of Powers Which Make For A System Of Checks And Balances Preventing The Misuse Of The Political System By Any Single Institution Or Party. The Book Also Discusses Areas Of Accountability And Highlights The Specific Areas Of Responsibility In The Working Of The Indian Parliament Which Act As Safeguards Of The Rights Of The People And Which Have Sometimes Been Subjected To Political Misuse.