The 82nd All India Presiding Offices’ Conference (AIPOC), held in Shimla from November 17-18, 2021, was a rather lacklustre event. There was ceremonial reiteration of the need to increase the number of sittings of legislative bodies as well as a resolution against ritualistic disruptions during Question Hour, presentation of the budget and addresses by the president/governors.
SC to consider the case of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker violating the three-month deadline in deciding the disqualification of the 22 defected MLA's from Congress to BJP, even after the matter becomes infructuous.
The Supreme Court yesterday rejected a plea that over-qualification cannot be a ground for disqualification and upheld the order to terminate the services of a peon of Punjab National Bank (PNB).