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Parliamentary Debates Parliament of India Monday 14th May 1951 Part II - Proceedings other than Questions and Answers Official Report

1951

It is all the more regrettable because we have taken ample pains in the Constitution and the rules that have been framed there- under, to give the civil servants the utmost security in the matter of the tenure of their posts, in the promotion to which they are entitled to and all the other privileges as to salaries etc. [...] The question is: That the Bill to provide for the conduct of elections to the Houses of Parliament and to the House or Houses of the Legislature of each State, the qualifications and dis- qualifications for membership of those Houses, the corrupt and illegal practices and other offences at or in connection with such elec- tions and the decision of doubts and disputes arising out of or in connectio [...] In regard to this amendment it is well-known that after the elections, Parliament means the two Houses of Parliament, namely the House of the People and the Council of States. [...] Article 84 says that a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in Parliament unless he is, in the case of a seat in the Council of States, not less than thirty years of age and, in the case of a seat in the House of the People, not less than twenty-five years of age. [...] The heading, qualifica- tions for membership of the Council of States and the House of the People, comes under clause 4. Perhaps it may not fit in with either clause 3 or 4. It should have been moved as clause 4A to cover both the clauses of the Bill, On the other hand we are not discus- sing the qualifications for membership of the Council of States alone; although the heading for that clause is,
government politics public policy
Pages
38
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100013
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i unknown view
Death of Maulana Hasrat Mohani
8650-8650 unknown view
Representation of the People (No. 2) Bill
8650-8684 unknown view
Backmatter
i-i unknown view