Parliament Bills Passed Without Debate

Former Madras High Court judge Krishnaswamy Chandru voiced concern over the policies pursued by the Centre, as he claimed that "Parliament will soon become a rubber stamp for the government" with bills getting passed without any debate.

The Lok Sabha has passed, without a debate, a bill that will exempt political parties from scrutiny of funds they have received from abroad since 1976.

Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not being present in either house of parliament when the GST bill was taken up, the Congress Today said that it was for the first time in independent India that a constitutional amendment bill was discussed, debated and passed without the Prime Minister being present.

Will India get the new anti-corruption law it has been waiting for? The Lokpal Bill - named for a national anti-graft agency that it creates - was passed by the Lok Sabha. But the Winter Session of the Rajya Sabha ended before the bill could be put to a vote. The Prime Minister called an all-party meeting today to build consensus before the bill ...

The Lokpal Bill has always appeared to be a jinxed affair, the history of last 40 years shows. With the Rajya Sabha adjourning sine die midnight amid uproar without passing the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2011, even after day-long debate, it has once again shown that it was so. In fact, the strange coincidence so far was that the Lok Sabha has got d...

Former Madras High Court judge Krishnaswamy Chandru voiced concern over the policies pursued by the Centre, as he claimed that "Parliament will soon become a rubber stamp for the government" with bills getting passed without any debate.

The Lok Sabha has passed, without a debate, a bill that will exempt political parties from scrutiny of funds they have received from abroad since 1976.

Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not being present in either house of parliament when the GST bill was taken up, the Congress Today said that it was for the first time in independent India that a constitutional amendment bill was discussed, debated and passed without the Prime Minister being present.

Will India get the new anti-corruption law it has been waiting for? The Lokpal Bill - named for a national anti-graft agency that it creates - was passed by the Lok Sabha. But the Winter Session of the Rajya Sabha ended before the bill could be put to a vote. The Prime Minister called an all-party meeting today to build consensus before the bill ...

The Lokpal Bill has always appeared to be a jinxed affair, the history of last 40 years shows. With the Rajya Sabha adjourning sine die midnight amid uproar without passing the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2011, even after day-long debate, it has once again shown that it was so. In fact, the strange coincidence so far was that the Lok Sabha has got d...