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Ten days after both Houses of Parliament were adjourned sine die on August 13, the Monsoon Session has yet to be formally prorogued.
The prorogation notification, which formally ends a parliamentary session, had not been issued as of Sunday, August 23, according to reports.
Under parliamentary procedure, a session stands adjourned sine die once business concludes, but it is formally over only when the President issues a notification proroguing both Houses.
The gap between adjournment and prorogation gives the government the option of reconvening the same session, rather than summoning an entirely new one, if it needs to pass additional legislation.
Speculation over the government’s next legislative move has centred on the delimitation-linked Women’s Reservation Bill, an issue Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay raised at the Southern Zonal Council meeting on August 21.
A prorogation notification is usually issued within three to four days of a session’s business concluding, making the current gap since the August 13 adjournment longer than the customary turnaround.
Speculation over the government’s next legislative move has centred on the delimitation-linked Women’s Reservation Bill, an issue Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay raised at the Southern Zonal Council meeting on August 21.
The Monsoon Session had earlier seen the government push through its listed legislative agenda even as opposition parties staged protests on other issues during the sitting weeks.
Parliament’s three main sessions in a calendar year are typically the Budget Session, the Monsoon Session, and the Winter Session, with the timing and length of each set by the government in consultation with the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
A prorogation notification is usually issued within three to four days of a session’s business concluding, making the current gap since the August 13 adjournment longer than the customary turnaround.
Under parliamentary procedure, a session stands adjourned sine die once business concludes, but it is formally over only when the President issues a notification proroguing both Houses.
Photo by Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India / PIB, Wikimedia Commons, GODL
