Lok Sabha Speaker Panel Reviews Anti-Defection Cases at Puri Meet - OrissaPOST

Committee of Presiding Officers Meets in Puri to Review Tenth Schedule Provisions

A high-level meeting of the Committee of Presiding Officers was successfully held in Puri on April 21, 2026, to review the powers of Presiding Officers under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India. The deliberations aimed at strengthening the institutional framework governing anti-defection provisions in India’s parliamentary system. Meeting Chaired by Maharashtra Speaker The […] The post Committee of Presiding Officers Meets in Puri to…

Lok Sabha Speaker panel reviews anti-defection cases at Puri meet - OrissaPOST

Puri: A committee of presiding officers, set up by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Tuesday reviewed the constitutional and procedural framework governing disqualification of legislators under the anti-defection law, officials said. The deliberations were held during the second meeting of the Committee of Presiding Officers in Puri, they said. The four-member panel, headed by Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar, was constituted in January 202…