Can Bills pending in Rajya Sabha be taken up in Lok

Sabha?
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NEW DELHI, March 3, 2015
Updated: March 3, 2015 13:28 IST
Gargi Parsai

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Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi on Monday.

Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien says, "This is not a simple
issue. It needs consideration."
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien on Tuesday reserved his ruling on the question raised by
opposition Samajwadi Party, CPI(M), TMC and the Congress of whether the Bills pending in the House
could be taken up for passage in the Lok Sabha.

They were referring to Ordinance replacing Bills on FDI in Insurance, Coal Mines and Motor Vehicles
Act which will be taken up in the Lok Sabha during the week for consideration and passage.
Mr. Kurien said one house cannot discuss the business taken up by the other and it was not known
whether the Bills moved in the Lower House were the same as those pending before the Rajya Sabha,
but since this was a Constitutional matter he would give his ruling later. This is not a simple issue. It
needs consideration, he said.
The Chairs observation came after Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
pointed out that the issue raised was not related to the Upper House and there was no clarity on which
Bill the opposition members were talking about. BJP member V.P. Singh Badnaur pointed out that
there was no rule regarding this.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour Samajwadi Party member Naresh Agrawal pointed out that Rajya
Sabha should either pass the Bills that were the property of the House or reject them but the same
Bills cannot be brought in the other House while they were pending decision here.
Law Minister Sadanand Gowda intervened to say that the House cannot say whether the government
was bringing the same Bills or different ones in the other House to replace the Ordinances.
CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said if that was not the case why the government wanted to withdraw
those Bills from the Rajya Sabha, which move was deferred as the Opposition did not agree.
Opposition parties had last week forced the government to defer its motions for withdrawal of the
Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2008, the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014 and the Motor
Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2014 pending for discussion and passage in the House. The Bills that
replace Ordinances are now expected to be passed in Lok Sabha first.
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