The Latest Breaking News from the Rajya Sabha

TNCC to host rousing reception for Sonia, Priyanka Gandhi on Oct 14. Congress-DMK ties stronger than ever before. TNCC President Alagiri says Sonia may meet Congress MLAs, MPs. Relationship between two parties transformed under MK Stalin. Congress leaders unlikely to raise issue of change in State unit leadership.

Supreme Court sets up seven-judge Bench headed by CJI Chandrachud to hear petitions challenging Modi govt's passing of key Bills as Money Bills, denying Rajya Sabha opportunity to discuss or pass amendments. Also to decide if fundamental rights subservient to parliamentary privileges.

On October 12, the seven-judge Bench of the Supreme Court will hear matters about the passage of laws as ‘money bills’, Aligarh Muslim University’s minority status, re-distribution of quota within SC reservation, freedom of press vis-a-vis legislative privileges, and the competence of State legislatures to levy additional taxes.

With a seven-judge Constitution Bench set to hear on October 12 a batch of petitions challenging the Centre’s use of the money bill route to pass key legislations, we look at how the reference came to be made

In the recent special session of India’s Parliament, the passing of the women’s reservation bill was an auspicious start. However, the session took a negative turn when BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri directed communal slurs at BSP member Kunwar Danish Ali. This article also highlights a rising trend of mass suspensions…

The women's reservation Bill passed by the Parliament last week, became law after it received assent from President Droupadi Murmu. Read further on Dynamite News:

Mr. Ramesh said that despite the Rajya Sabha’s stringent security measures, a group of people was able to indulge in political sloganeering. “This incident occurred in clear violation of Rule 264, which explicitly outlines the conduct expected of individuals in the Visitor’s Gallery during parliamentary sessions,” his letter stated.

Why will the implementation of the women’s reservation bill be delayed by several years? When will the Census and delimitation exercise take place? Is there a timeline? Why are some parties demanding a sub-quota for women from Other Backward Classes?

Opposition members walked out of the Rajya Sabha for about 10 minutes over a group of women raising slogans hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the visitors’ gallery

There have been mixed reactions to the women’s reservation bill, which has been cleared in the Lok Sabha almost three decades after it was first tabled in Parliament. While some have hailed it as a victory for the campaign for more women representation, others have termed it tokenism.

Sonia Gandhi to lead Congress in Lok Sabha debate on women's reservation Bill. Bill passed in Rajya Sabha in 2010 but lapsed due to lack of consensus among parties. Kharge flags issue in Rajya Sabha, some regional parties oppose Bill due to lack of quota for OBC women.