What is the Anti-Defection Law in India?
The Tenth Schedule explained — its 1985 origin, its grounds for disqualification, the Speaker's role, and what the courts have made of it since Kihoto Hollohan.
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Four short essays curated alongside the two-volume reference. They are written for working advocates, law students, and readers who want a careful entry into the doctrine without the full apparatus of citation.
The Tenth Schedule explained — its 1985 origin, its grounds for disqualification, the Speaker's role, and what the courts have made of it since Kihoto Hollohan.
Read the essay →Article 105, freedom of speech inside the House, immunity from judicial process, and the open question of codification — read as a single doctrinal arc.
Read the essay →Where defection law and privilege turn up in real practice — election petitions, disqualification references, contempt notices, and constitutional litigation.
Read the essay →A practical entry point for advocates, law students, and researchers approaching the Tenth Schedule, legislative privilege, and constitutional practice.
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