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Anti Defection Law
Opinion  /  Published 07.07.22

Controversy surrounding anti-defection law

The provision does suffer from ambiguity, but an attentive reading could suggest that the merger would have to be of the original party with two-thirds of the members agreeing to it...
By The Editorial Board

India  /  Published 05.07.22

Call to junk anti-defection law

The Tenth Schedule of the Constitution disqualifies defectors from the membership of legislative bodies, but its Paragraph 4 grants certain exemptions...
By Pheroze L. Vincent in New Delhi

West Bengal  /  Published 18.01.22

SC order on Mukul defection

The court posted the matter for further hearing to the second week of February...
By Our Legal Correspondent

Opinion  /  Published 14.12.21

For the sake of inner freedom

An effective regulatory framework for political parties should arise out of a constitutional guarantee ...
By Anurag Tiwary

West Bengal  /  Published 24.08.21

Mukul defection case puts Trinamul in a bind

Speaker to decide, says high court; buzz over compromise candidate as PAC chief...
By Our Correspondent in Calcutta

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West Bengal  /  Published 11.08.21

How to dodge anti-defection law

Mukul Roy’s party hopping is one in a series of similar episodes in the state ever since Trinamul Congress was formed...
By Arnab Ganguly in Calcutta

West Bengal  /  Published 17.07.21

BJP’s plan against Mukul Roy

Adhikari said the party will urge the court to set a deadline for the Speaker of the Bengal Assembly to conclude the hearing on his application for Roy’s disqualification...
By Arkamoy Datta Majumdar in Calcutta

Education  /  Published 16.03.21

India needs a stronger anti-defection law

Your Voice: With elections round the corner, youngsters get candid about horse-trading, turncoats and the need of stringent law to counter loyalty shift...
By The Telegraph

India  /  Published 26.12.20

Naidu: end politics of convenience

Drawing attention to the manner in which anti-defection law has been rendered ineffective, he emphasised on making it more stringent and effective...
By Our Bureau and Agencies in New Delhi

North East  /  Published 28.11.20

Mizoram Opposition leader disqualified

This is the second time former IPS officer Lalduhoma, 71, had fallen to the law...
By Umanand Jaiswal in Guwahati


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