Monsoon Session Highlights: Both houses adjourned sine die today.
Both houses, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die today. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced the adjournment of the House.
Mr Birla said that during the Monsoon Session of Lok Sabha, which began on July 20, 17 sittings of Lok Sabha took place.
During this period, the House functioned for 44 hours and 15 minutes, he said. In his concluding remarks, Mr Birla said that 20 Bills were introduced and 22 Bills passed during the session.
Speaker Om Birla expressed gratitude for cooperation in the proceedings and expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leaders of all the parties and MPs.
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice in the pre-lunch session amid an uproar by opposition members who demanded a discussion and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's a statement in the House on the situation in Manipur.
When the House reassembled for the post-lunch session, it returned to Lok Sabha the two proposed legislations on the Central and Integrated GST laws by a voice vote without any discussion. The proposed laws seek to levy 28 per cent tax on the full face value of bets in online gaming, casinos and horse race clubs.
Here are the Highlights on Parliament Monsoon Session:
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar announces the suspension of AAP MP Sanjay Singh
He says, "...I find it expedient to refer the matter to the Committee of Privileges...suspension order dated 24th July 2023 may continue beyond the current session till the Council has the benefit of recommendation by the Committee of Privileges."
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: AAP's Raghav Chadha suspended from Rajya Sabha over forgery allegations
"Justice, Not Punishment": Centre's 3 New Bills To Overhaul Criminal LawsThe Centre today introduced a new Bill in the parliament to overhaul the country's criminal laws. Union Home Minister Amit Shah today moved to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Indian Evidence Act. Mr Shah said the Bills have a provision to "completely repeal" the controversial sedition law, and will introduce provision of even capital punishment in mob lynching cases, depending on the gravity of the crime.
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Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Parliament approves amendments to Central and Integrated GST laws
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Lok Sabha adjourned sine die Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, bringing down the curtains on the Monsoon session which saw a no-confidence motion brought against the government being defeated.
In his concluding remarks, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said the House functioned for 39 hours and saw passage of important bills, including The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 and The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
In the Monsoon session, the Congress brought an opposition backed no-confidence motion against the government. The motion was defeated by a voice vote.
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid ruckus over Manipur issueRajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Friday, the second time in the first half of the day, amid an uproar by opposition members who demanded a discussion on Manipur and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi give a statement on the issue in the House.
As soon as Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar started conducting Question Hour, the opposition members started raising slogans, demanding a discussion on the situation in Manipur, which has been roiled by ethnic violence.
The opposition members also demanded that Modi address the House on the issue.
"Had you (opposition) agreed to the Chair on July 20 (on a short-duration discussion on the issue), then this situation would not have come," Mr Dhankhar said.
There was a detailed discussion on the Manipur issue in Lok Sabha and it could have been possible here as well but "you missed that opportunity", he said.
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Lok Sabha adjourned sine die
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Lok Sabha passes GST amendments bills; 28 per cent tax on online gaming, casinos, horse race clubsLok Sabha on Friday approved amendments to the Central and Integrated GST laws to levy 28 per cent tax on the full face value of bets in online gaming, casinos and horse race clubs.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced bills in the House on Friday, the last day of monsoon session of Parliament, amid opposition protests over suspension of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
The Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and The Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023, were passed by the Lok Sabha by a voice vote, without a debate.
States will now get the amendments passed in the state GST laws in their respective assemblies.
Monsoon Session Update: Lok Sabha passes amendments to Central, Integrated GST laws to levy 28 pc tax on e-gaming, casinos
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid ruckus over Manipur issue
Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Friday, the second time in the first half of the day, amid an uproar by opposition members who demanded a discussion on Manipur and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi give a statement on the issue in the House.
As soon as Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar started conducting Question Hour, the opposition members started raising slogans, demanding a discussion on the situation in Manipur, which has been roiled by ethnic violence.
The opposition members also demanded that Modi address the House on the issue.
"Had you (opposition) agreed to the Chair on July 20 (on a short-duration discussion on the issue), then this situation would not have come," Mr Dhankhar said.
There was a detailed discussion on the Manipur issue in Lok Sabha and it could have been possible here as well but "you missed that opportunity", he said.
Bill To Revamp Criminal Laws Includes New Offence On Acts Of Secession
The government has introduced a bill for the complete overhaul of colonial-era Indian criminal laws.
The Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian Evidence Act will be replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita will replace the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Bharatiya Sakshya will replace Indian Evidence Act.
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: 3 bills to replace IPC, CrPC, Indian Evidence Act introduced in Lok Sabha
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday introduced three bills in the Lok Sabha to replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act, which are British-era laws.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 will be sent to a parliamentary panel for further scrutiny, Mr Shah said.
"The laws that will be repealed... the focus of those law was to protect and strengthen the British administration, the idea was to punish and not to give justice. By replacing them, the new three laws will bring the spirit to protect the rights of the Indian citizen," he said in the Lower House of Parliament.
"The aim will not be to punish, it will be to provide justice. Punishment will be given to create a sentiment of stopping crime," Mr Shah added.
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, "...Under this Bill, we have set the goal that the conviction ratio has to be taken above 90%. That is why, we have brought an important provision that the Sections which provide for 7 years or a greater jail term, under all those cases forensic team's visit to the crime scene will be made compulsory..."
- Dawood Ibrahim is a wanted criminal who has fled India and trial has stopped
- Under new procedure, such people will be declared a fugitive and trial will continue against him
- If he wants to appeal, he should surrender to the justice system first.
- Law against mob lynching too
- I have decided to send it to Standing Committee so that everyone gets consult on this
- I will be back with this law after the feedback
- Videography is now mandatory during searches
- I want to assure the country, every three years, country will get 33,000 forensic experts
- Forensic team visits will be must for sections having 7+ years imprisonment
- In Delhi, FSL teams visit any crime having 7+ jail provision
- In Bengaluru, god knows what will happen since govt has changed.
- Under Zero FIR, case must be sent to concerned PS within 15 days
- We are introducing eFIR concept. Every PS will have a cop who will give a certificate for arrested person.
- Victim's statement must in sexual harassment case
- No government can withdraw cases without listening to the victim (need to check the exact words)
- FIRs must be registered within 90 days, and can be extended by another 90 days by court
- order must be given 30 days and should be available online within 7 days
- For complaints against police officers and civil servants, government has to decide on giving consent within 120 days
- The current SP will have check the file and give statement, old SP is not required to come.
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks on Bharatiya Sanhita Suraksha Bill, 2023 in Lok Sabha.
He says, "From 1860 to 2023, the country's criminal justice system functioned as per the laws made by the British. The three laws will be replaced and there will be a major change in the criminal justice system in the country..."
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned till 2 pm amid opposition uproar over Manipur issue.
- Now entire trial can occur through video-conferencing
- High Court proceedings can now happen digitally
Amit Shah Introduces Bill In Lok Sabha For Overhaul Of Criminal Laws
- From August 16, the road from 75-100 years of Independence will begin
- PM had vower to end the mindset of slavery
- We will finish IPC (1857), CrPC (1858), Indian Evidence Act (1872) - which were made by the British
- We will bring three new laws in their place to ensure the protection of rights
- It will aim to give justice not punishment.
- These three new laws will have an Indian spirit.
- I will send the bills to standing committee.
- Crimes against women and children will be its first section
- Second will be crimes against humanity and human body
- The bills underwent a thorough consultation process
- Nyay Sanhita which will replace IPC - Earlier, there were 511 sections -- will have 356 sections
- 175 sections have been amended
- We will end 475 signs of mentality of slavery in criminal laws
- People now are afraid of going to courts. People think going to courts itself is a punishment.
- Emails, computer, smartphone, SMS, website, etc given legal validity
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: I.N.D.I.A. MPs to boycott Lok Sabha proceedings against the suspension of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Lok Sabha and march to Dr Ambedkar's statue in Parliament.
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Home Minister Amit Shah introduces 3 bills in Lok Sabha to replace Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian Evidence Act.
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Bill to levy 28 per cent GST on online gaming, casinos introduced in Lok SabhaFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday introduced bills to amend the Central and Integrated GST laws to levy 28 per cent tax on the full face value of bets in online gaming, casinos and horse race clubs.
The Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and The Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023, were introduced by Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha amid opposition protests over suspension of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from the House.
Friday is the last day of the monsoon session of Parliament. Once the amendments to CGST and IGST laws are passed, states will get similar amendments in state GST law cleared by the respective assemblies.
The amendments pertain to insertion of a provision in the Schedule III of the CGST Act, 2017, to provide clarity on the taxation of supplies in casinos, horse racing and online gaming.
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Lok Sabha adjourned till 12.30 pm amid sloganeering by Opposition MPs.
"Legislation brought according to decision of SC": Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on CEC appointment bill Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Friday said that the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023, has been brought in the Parliament according to the decision of the Supreme Court.
"Supreme Court had given a decision in this regard.So we brought the law according to the decision of the Supreme Court. In the new Bill, we are forming a Search committee, which will be led by the Cabinet Secretary.After that, there will be a Selection committee, which will be led by the Prime Minister. What is wrong with that?," Meghwal said
Earlier on August 10, a Bill to regulate the appointment, conditions of service, and term of office of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners was introduced in the Rajya Sabha, with opposition parties strongly opposing its introduction.
The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023. The Bill also deals with procedure for transaction of business by the Election Commission.
The Bill proposes that the Election Commissioners will be appointed by the President on the recommendation of a panel comprising the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and a Union Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister will chair the panel.
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 noon.
Monsoon Session Update: On PM Modi's speech and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's suspension in the Lok Sabha, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari "I want to congratulate Congress on forcing Modi Ji to speak about Manipur. I've heard Modi Ji speaking many times, but yesterday his sentences and accent were going somewhere else, and his face conveyed that they are losing...Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's suspension is a dictatorship in the Parliament and the misuse of the numbers."
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: "Regretful that they suspended a good Member (of the Parliament) on the last day," says NC MP Farooq Abdullah on the suspension of Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned till noon
Lok Sabha proceedings were on Friday adjourned till 12 noon amid opposition protests over suspension of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from the House.
As soon as the House met, Congress deputy leader Gaurav Gogoi raised the issue of Mr Chowdhury's suspension from the House on Thursday evening for "repeated misconduct".
A few Congress members were also on their feet and heard telling Speaker Om Birla that Mr Chowdhury had always cooperated with the Chair.
The Speaker called for the Question Hour but adjourned the proceedings within a minute of the House convening for the day.
Mr Chowdhury was suspended from the House pending examination of his conduct by the privileges committee.
Monsoon Session Live Update: In Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge raises the issue of the suspension of Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury; says, "...He has been suspended on a flimsy ground. He just said 'Nirav Modi'. Nirav means calm, silent. You suspend him over that?..."
Monsoon Session Live Update:: Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned till 12 noon amid opposition protests over Cong leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's suspension from House.
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya says, "Citizens of India had revealed their disbelief for opposition both in 2014 and in 2019. Yesterday, in the Parliament the no-confidence motion failed, and I think that in the upcoming Lok Sabha election the opposition will fail with greater disbelief in them."
Monsoon Session Update: On suspension of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Lok Sabha, Congress MP Manish Tewari says, "As per Section 105(1) of the Constitution, every MP has the freedom of speech in Parliament. If by misusing the power of the majority any MP is suspended like this, it is vert unfortunate for democracy. This is a fit case to approach the Supreme Court..."
Parliament Monsoon Session Update: On the suspension of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Lok Sabha, Congress Chief Whip in Lok Sabha, K Suresh says, "...He has been the Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha for the last four years. He gave a lot of speeches in the House. They found his misconduct only yesterday. They have done it politically. This killed the Parliamentary democratic system with the suspension...We have a meeting of I.N.D.I.A. partners today, and there is also a meeting of Congress MPs. We are going to discuss this issue. We will take this up as per the decision in the two meetings."
Monsoon Session Updates: On PM Modi's reply on the No Confidence Motion, RJD MP Manoj Jha says, "The appeal for peace and guarantee was justice that should have come from the PM, didn't happen. After about 1.45 hours, the words on Manipur came - for 2.30 or 3 minutes. He spoke for 30 seconds outside the Parliament...He used the speech to mock, to crack jokes, to make taunts, but yesterday was not a day for that. A tragedy has occurred. A crime against humanity has taken place..."
Monsoon Session Update: On Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's suspension from the Lok Sabha, Congress MP Manickam Tagore says, "It is undemocratic, worst of its kind in 75 years of Parliamentary history. It has never happened that a leader of the largest Opposition party has been suspended without even questioning...Modi & Amit Shah are destroying the Parliamentary procedures and INDIA alliance is going to have a meeting now. We are going to take up those issues in a strong way. We are all agitated...This will not be tolerated. We will agitate and protest against these kinds of decisions."
Parliament Monsoon Session Updates: On Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's suspension from the House, Union Minister Jitendra Singh says, "The actions are taken as per the rules of the House. Commenting about it is not right."
Parliament Monsoon Session Updates: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to move The Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 today for consideration and passing in Lok Sabha.
- PM Modi addressed the parliament during the no-trust debate yesterday, tearing into the opposition for trying to "play politics" over Manipur and assuring that the country stands with the violence-hit state.
- He said the Opposition had "betrayed" the people by not allowing any discussion to take place on important bills in this session.
- His two-hour address in Lok Sabha was a virtual election campaign in which he mocked the No-Confidence Motions as "lucky" for him since these turn out to be a test of the Opposition.
- He also predicted another No-Confidence Motion in 2028, which, he said, will pave the way for victory in 2029.
- On Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's suspension from the House, Union Minister Jitendra Singh says, "The actions are taken as per the rules of the House. Commenting about it is not right."
- Opposition leaders will today meet at 10 am to discuss the suspension of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Lok Sabha and other issues in the Rajya Sabha. Mr Chowdhury, the Congress's leader in Lok Sabha, was yesterday suspended for allegedly disturbing the ministers.
- The stand-off in Rajya Sabha continues with the Opposition sticking to its demand of a longer discussion on Manipur under rule 267 while the centre has agreed to only a shorter discussion under rule 176.
- The Rajya Sabha chairman has requested the two sides to resolve the stalemate so that discussion can take place.