Consider the following statements:
- I.On the dissolution of the House of the People, the Speaker shall not vacate his/her office until immediately before the first meeting of the House of the People after the dissolution.
- II.According to the provisions of the Constitution of India, a Member of the House of the People on being elected as Speaker shall resign from his/her political party immediately.
- III.The Speaker of the House of the People may be removed from his/her office by a resolution of the House of the People passed by a majority of all the then Members of the House, provided that no resolution shall be moved unless at least fourteen days' notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (c) I and III only
Statements I and III match Article 94: the Speaker stays in office after dissolution until just before the new House first meets, and can be removed only by a majority of all its then members after fourteen days' notice. Statement II is wrong, because the Constitution does not compel a Speaker to leave his party.
- ✓ I The second proviso to Article 94 says that when the House of the People is dissolved the Speaker does not vacate office until immediately before the first meeting of the new House.
- ✗ II No article requires this. Paragraph 5 of the Tenth Schedule only protects a Speaker who, by reason of his election, voluntarily gives up his party membership from disqualification; it does not make resignation compulsory.
- ✓ III Article 94(c) lets the House remove the Speaker by a resolution backed by a majority of all its then members, and the first proviso bars moving it without at least fourteen days' notice.
Remember · Speaker: stays on after dissolution until the new House meets; removed by a majority of all then members with 14 days' notice; no constitutional duty to quit the party.
Sources
- The Constitution of India (Legislative Department, Government of India), Article 94, second proviso ↗ “Provided further that, whenever the House of the People is dissolved, the Speaker shall not vacate his office until immediately before the first meeting of the House of the People after the dissolution. … may be removed from his office by a resolution of the House of the People passed by a majority of all the then members of the House … no resolution for the purpose of clause (c) shall be moved unless at least fourteen days’ notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution … shall not be disqualified under this Schedule,— (a) if he, by reason of his election to such office, voluntarily gives up the membership of the political party to which he belonged immediately before such election”
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