December 3, 2024
Sougata Ray’s Point of Order in Lok Sabha on the need to consider Rule 93(1), applicable during the motion for consideration of a bill
Sir, while the discussion was going on, hon. Member, Nishikant Dubey, referred to Rule 94 which says that the discussion on a motion that the Bill or as the case may be, the Bill as amended, be passed shall be confined to the submission of arguments either in support of the Bill or for the rejection of the Bill. This is all right and well-taken. Sir, you are also new to the House. Please listen to me. You may pick up a little bit of information from me. We are not in the stage of passing the Bill. We are in the stage of consideration of the Bill. Please read this. Please see Rule 93 (1) which says: “When a motion that a Bill be taken into consideration has been carried and no amendment of the Bill is made, the member in charge may at once move that the Bill be passed.”So, what is going on right now? We are discussing a motion for consideration of the Bill. While we are discussing a motion for consideration of the Bill, it gives us a wide leeway and a wide passage. We can discuss the Bill along with all the other connected aspects of the Bill. The problem is that clever lawyers always cite a wrong law to establish their point. That is what Mr. Nishikant Dubey is trying to do. He is trying to be clever by not quoting Rule 93 (1). By just reading Rule 94, he is misleading the House. There is a wide scope of discussion.There is a wide scope of discussion, of course, not to the extent what Mr. Sambit Patra did by mentioning respected Indira Gandhi ji’s name. …
