The Narendra Modi government’s push for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill and other legislation - including potential reforms of the legal services sector - could see another roadblock in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament with the Congress getting set to attack the Centre on the Supreme Court verdict to restore the ousted Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh.

Rajya Sabha today saw disruptions as members from the opposition benches raised concerns related to the death of Rohith Vermula, a dalit student of Hyderabad University last month. While a discussion on the situation arising in the Central Institutions of higher education with specific reference to ...

The Budget Session began yesterday and is scheduled to meet till 13 May, 2016.

The passage of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2015 in the Rajya Sabha unanimously on 21 December was an event that Dalits across the country were aspiring for.

PRS Legislative Research’ Trina Roy reports that parliament met for its seventh sitting of the Session on Friday (4 December). Discussion on the High Court and the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service (Amendment) Bill was initiated in Lok Sabha. The Bill seeks to ensure uniformit...

PRS Legislative Research’ Trina Roy reports that the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha. The Bill seeks to make the process of arbitration simpler to ensure timely disposal of cases. The Lower House discussed the Bureau of Indian Standards Bill. The Bill replac...

Parliament met for the fifth sitting of the Winter Session today.

PRS Legislative Research’ Trina Roy reports the beginning of the Winter Session of Parliament last week.

Parliament faced record-low levels of productivity this session, with mainly the Delhi pecuniary jurisdiction bill and cheque bouncing bill squeezing through.

The Lok Sabha, on day 11 of the monsoon session, passed the Delhi High Court Amendment Bill, 2014 after years of wrangling and lobbying around the issue between the bar of the district court and the high courts in Delhi. The legislation increases the pecuniary jurisdiction of the High Court of Delhi from Rs 20 lakh (Rs 2m) to Rs 2 crores (Rs 20m).

The Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill has advised changes in provisions relating to compensation for states and on levy of one percent additional tax by states on the inter-state supply of goods. The suggestions were made on Wednesday as the committee submi...

PRS Legislative Research’s Trina Roy reports: Both Houses of Parliament faced repeated disruptions and were unable to take up scheduled business for the day. Opposition parties in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha continued to raise demands insisting upon the resignation of the Minister of External Affairs....

PRS Legislative Research’s Trina Roy reports: Parliament met for the first sitting of the Monsoon Session yesterday (Tuesday 21 July 2015). The session is scheduled to run until 13 th August, 2015 and will consist of 18 sittings. Lok Sabha adjourned after obituary notices were read. The Delhi High C...

PRS Legislative Research Trina Roy reports: Today Lok Sabha today passed the Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill, 2015 . The Bill penalizes the concealment of foreign income, and provides for criminal liability for attempting to evade tax in relation to foreign income. At ...

PRS Legislative Research’s Trina Roy reports: Lok Sabha passed the Constitutional (122ndAmendment) Bill, 2014 to rollout the Goods and Services Tax (GST). 19 members had participated in the debate yesterday. The Finance Minister in his reply today addressed the concerns of the members with regard to...

The Rajya Sabha today passed a bill to increase the pecuniary jurisdiction of the Delhi high court, a move that some of the capital’s lawyers welcomed. Pecuniary jurisdiction refers to the jurisdiction of a court over a suit based on the amount or value of its subject matter. The Delhi high court wi...

During the week, financial business continued to be the focus in both the Houses. While Lok Sabha discussed Demands for Grants of Ministries, Rajya Sabha undertook discussion on the Working of Ministries.

PRS Legislative Research Trina Roy reports: The Minister of Home Affairs replied to the debate on the Demands for Grants his Ministry. The Minister, Mr. Rajnath Singh addressed, among other things, issues related to police modernisation, left wing extremism, insurgency in the north east, crimes agai...

PRS Legislative Research’s Trina Roy reports: In Lok Sabha today, during Zero Hour several members expressed their condolences to the families who have been affected by the earthquake in Nepal. The Minister at the end of the discussion replied to the debate informing the members about the Government...

The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014, passed by the Rajya Sabha on Friday is the first private member’s bill to get the ujpper house’s approval in the past 45 years. Members of parliament other than ministers are called private members and bills presented by them are known as private member’...