{"id":33481,"date":"2023-03-18T09:39:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T04:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=33481"},"modified":"2025-04-19T22:45:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:15:29","slug":"what-is-the-special-probe-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-the-special-probe-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Special Probe Panel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is a Special Probe Panel?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Under What Rules MPs can be Suspended from Lok Sabha?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Under What Rules MPs can be Suspended from Rajya Sabha?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has asked the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to set up a special committee of Lok Sabha to explore whether Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should be suspended for allegedly insulting the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is a Special Probe Panel?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The House can set up a special committee by moving a motion for the establishment of such a committee and its terms of reference.<\/li>\n<li>It is a type of inquiry committee which is set up to look into a particular issue.<\/li>\n<li>The committee, after the probe is over, submits a report to the House. The committee usually submits its report in a month.<\/li>\n<li>For example, in 2005, Lok Sabha set up a special probe panel to look into the \u2018cash for votes\u2019 scam.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Under What Rules MPs can be Suspended from Lok Sabha?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The general principle is that it is the role and duty of the Presiding Officer \u2014 Speaker of Lok Sabha and Chairman of Rajya Sabha \u2014 <i><strong>to maintain order so that the House can function smoothly<\/strong><\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>In order to ensure that proceedings are conducted in the proper manner, the Speaker\/ Chairman is empowered to force a ember to withdraw from the House.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rule Number 373<\/strong> of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business says \u2013\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe Speaker, if he is of the opinion that the conduct of any Member is grossly disorderly, may direct such Member to withdraw immediately from the House\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Any Member so ordered to withdraw shall do so forthwith and shall remain absent during the remainder of the day\u2019s sitting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rule Number 374<\/strong> says \u2013\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c(1) The Speaker may, if deems it necessary, name a Member who disregards the authority of the Chair or abuses the rules of the House by persistently and wilfully obstructing the business thereof.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c(2) If a Member is so named by the Speaker, the Speaker shall, on a motion being made forthwith put the question that the Member (naming such Member) be suspended from the service of the House for a period not exceeding the remainder of the session.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c(3) A member suspended under this rule shall forthwith withdraw from the precincts of the House.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Under What Rules MPs can be Suspended from Rajya Sabha?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the Rajya Sabha, the suspension of a member is governed by Rule 256.<\/li>\n<li>Unlike the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha Chairperson does not have the power to suspend a member.<\/li>\n<li>The Rajya Sabha Chair can only suspend a member through a motion.<\/li>\n<li>The <i><strong>Chair names a member, following which the House takes up a motion to suspend that member for a period not more than the remaining of the session<\/strong><\/i>, according to Rule 256(2).<\/li>\n<li>While the Chair cannot suspend a member by themselves, the Chair can ask the member to leave the House.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rule 255<\/strong> dictates \u2013The <i><strong>Chairman may direct any member whose conduct is in his opinion grossly disorderly to withdraw immediately from the Council<\/strong><\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>Any member so ordered to withdraw shall do so forthwith and shall absent himself during the remainder of the day\u2019s meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1) What are Parliamentary Privileges?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Parliamentary privileges are special rights, immunities and exemptions enjoyed by the two Houses of Parliament, their committees and their members. These privileges are defined in <strong>Article 105<\/strong> of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q2)<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>What is the source for Rules regarding the suspension of MPs from Parliament?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Rules regarding the suspension of MPs from Parliament are provided in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business. Under<strong> Article 118<\/strong> of the Constitution, each House of the Parliament can formulate their own set of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-politics\/bjp-move-to-get-rahul-suspended-what-is-the-special-probe-panel-8504034\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>BJP move to get Rahul Gandhi suspended from Parliament: what is the special probe panel?<\/u><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outlookindia.com\/national\/when-is-a-member-of-parliament-suspended-previous-occasions-when-mps-were-suspended-for-a-long-period-news-212068\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Outlook India<\/u><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Probe Panel is a type of inquiry committee which is set up to look into a particular issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":33482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-33481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}