Absence Of The Deputy Speaker In The Lok Sabha: A Constitutional Anomaly
- IJLLR Journal
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Kimaya Dalvi, School of Law, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Bengaluru
Navtez Singh, School of Law, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Bengaluru
ABSTRACT
This is because the office of the Deputy Speaker in the Lok Sabha has been left vacant since 2019, a very serious constitutional and democratic issue. The Indian constitution provides in Article 93 that the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker should be elected as soon as possible after every general election. The fact that the government remained idle has however contravened the balance of power at Parliament and also weakened the democratic governance convention. The deep-rooted inability to complete the assigned post is a symptom of political resistance and makes one question the sense of responsibility, transparency, and adherence to parliamentary traditions. It has long been an opposition position and has been used to bring about bipartisanship and fair representation in House. Moreover, this disregard undermines the institutional integrity and creates a bad example of how legislation should work on the national and state levels. The case demands constitutional immediate compliance and redress to protect the democratic system the framers of the Constitution sought to generate. Not only does it make procedural balance important to restore the office of the Deputy Speaker but it is also important in the reaffirmation of the rule of law, the constitutional morality and the virtue of the representative democracy of India.
Keywords: Deputy Speaker, Article 93, Lok Sabha, Procedural Balance, Democracy of India, Balance of power, Parliamentary Tradition, Bipartisanship.
