the president of the republic presides over the joint sitting of the two houses of parliament.
the president of the republic presides over the joint sitting of the two houses of parliament.
who presides over the joint sitting of the two houses of parliament?
the president of the republic
article 108 provides for a joint sitting of the two houses of parliament in certain cases. a joint sitting can be convened by the president of india when one house has either rejected a bill passed by the other house, has not taken any action on a bill transmitted to it by the other house for six months, or has disagreed to the amendments proposed by the lok sabha on a bill passed by it. considering that the numerical strength of lok sabha is more than twice that of rajya sabha, lok sabha tends to have a greater influence in a joint sitting of parliament. a joint session is chaired by the speaker of lok sabha. also, because the joint session is convened by the president on advice of the government, which already has a majority in lok sabha, the joint session is usually convened to get bills passed through a rajya sabha in which the government has a minority.
rajya sabha
if the conditions (called a trigger) are satisfied, the prime minister can advise the governor-general to dissolve both houses of parliament and call a full election. if, after the election, the legislation that triggered the double dissolution is still not passed by the two houses, then a joint sitting of the two houses of parliament can be called to vote on the legislation. if the legislation is passed by the joint sitting, then the legislation is deemed to have passed both the house of representatives and the senate. the 1974 joint sitting remains the only occurrence in federal australian history.
double dissolution