Anti-Defection Law

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:91st_Amendment_Act,_2003
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Members_of_Parliament
Members of State Legislatures
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:criticizedFor curbing dissent
empowering party leadership
delays in decision by Speaker
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1985
gptkbp:decision gptkb:Speaker_of_the_House
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:excludes merger of political parties
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Anti-Defection Law
gptkbp:mainProvision disqualification of legislators on grounds of defection
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Tenth_Schedule
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Tenth_Schedule_of_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkbp:purpose prevent political defections
gptkbp:relatedTo political stability
coalition governments
gptkbp:triggeredBy voluntarily giving up membership of a party
voting or abstaining against party direction
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tenth_Schedule
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6