Privilege Motion
Q. A privilege motion can be moved by- Published on 02 Mar 16a. Any parliamentarian against anyone accused of breaching parliamentarians' privileges
b. Any parliamentarian against any other parliamentarian accused of breaching parliamentarians' privileges
c. Anyone against any parliamentarian accused of breaching parliamentarians' privileges
d. Any one against any government official accused of breaching government privileges
ANSWER: Any parliamentarian against anyone accused of breaching parliamentarians' privileges
- A privilege motion can be moved by any lawmaker against anyone accused of breaching parliamentarians' privileges, their special rights and immunities.
- Each of the two houses, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, has separate privilege committees, made up of their members. The presiding officers of the two Houses, the Speaker and the Chairperson respectively, can dismiss privilege notices, or refer them to the privilege committee, or get a sense of the House before taking a decision.
- In the Lok Sabha, a privilege motion can be moved under Rule No 222 in Chapter 20 of the Lok Sabha Rule Book while in the Rajya Sabha it can be moved under Rule 187 in Chapter 16 of the Rajya Sabha rule book.
