Anti-defection law in India

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Anti-defection_law_in_India
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Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:91st_Amendment_Act,_2003
gptkb:52nd_Amendment_Act,_1985
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Members_of_State_Legislative_Assemblies
gptkb:Members_of_Parliament
gptkbp:criticizedFor curbing dissent
delays in decision-making
empowering presiding officers
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1985
gptkbp:decision gptkb:Speaker_of_the_House
Chairman of the House
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:enforcedBy 1 March 1985
gptkbp:excludes merger of political parties
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Anti-defection law in India
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
floor crossing
coalition governments
party whips
gptkbp:triggeredBy voluntarily giving up membership of a party
voting or abstaining against party direction
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ninety-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8