• ISBN13: 9788126901937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: June 21, 2003
• Pages: 534
• Original Price: INR 1100.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 500 grams

The book gives an academic, political and professional glimpse of the Indian parliamentary democracy in function, its travails and achievement. This is done along with the analysis of constitutional provisions, judicial interpretations and the developed conventions, precedents and practices. The book is both for general reading and for use by intelligentsia. It shall be attractive and useful to the active politicians, Members of the Houses of Parliament or State Legislatures, political parties, lawyers, journalists and scholars of Law, Constitutional History or Political Science. The book has examined in detail the topical aspects of parliamentary democracy in India, detailing the precedents, controversies which had arisen from time to time and the working solutions found or alternately amendments made to the Constitution. Broadly the book discusses: • What Parliamentary Democracy means in India • Cabinet System for Democracy in India • Broad Features of Indian Political Parties in Parliament • Problems and Solutions of Party Splits and Defections • Hung Parliament and Formation of Government • President’s Rule and Problems in States in Emergency • The Conduct of Parliamentary Proceedings • Free and Fair Elections; the Election Commission of India The roles of the President of India, Prime Minister and of the Speaker or the Chairman of the House are significant for success of democracy. The impartial, free and fair conduct of elections are equally indispensable. An attempt has been made in the Book to include maximum possible leading political events of the time as precedents which have gradually synthesised and developed the parliamentary democracy of British model into a totally indigenous system.

U.N. Gupta, LL.M., D.Phil., (Born, November 1933), has specialized in Constitutional Law and Public International Law. He has had over thirty-five years teaching experience of Post-Graduate (LL.M.) classes since 1958 in the Law Faculty of Allahabad University. Prof. Gupta has held the important positions in Allahabad University of Dean of Law Faculty, Head of Law Department and of Vice-Chancellor before he retired from service in 1994. Prof. Gupta delivered key lectures on invitation at: (1) Indian Council of World Affairs, Allahabad. (2) International Law Association (Indian Regional Branch at New Delhi). (3) International Law Association, Allahabad Branch. (4) UGC Academic Staff College, Allahabad University. (5) G.B. Pant Institute of Social Sciences, Allahabad. (6) C.R. Institute of Business Management, Bhopal University, among other places. Prof. Gupta has more than 20 research papers to his credit. Five scholars were awarded D.Phil. degree under him. In 1985 he was Director of 3-Day U.G.C. National Seminar on ‘Indian Federalism’. Prof. Gupta has publication of three books to his credit: (i) Constitutional Protection of Personal Liberty in India, 1969, (ii) Developments on the Frontiers of International Law, 1981, (iii) Indian Federalism and Unity of Nation, 1986.

• Volume 1

• 1. WHAT PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY MEANS IN INDIA
• 1. The Democratic Traditions in Indian Constitution
• 2. The Genesis of Democratic System for India
• 3. Party System for Democracy
• 4. The People and Elections
• 2. CABINET SYSTEM FOR DEMOCRACY IN INDIA
• 1. The Council of Ministers
• 2. The Principle of Ministerial Responsibility
• 3. The Collective Responsibility of Council of Ministers
• 4. The Incidences of Collective Responsibility
• 3. LAW AND INDIAN POLITICAL PARTIES IN PARLIAMENT
• 1. A Pre-view of Indian Political Parties
• 2. Origins and Evolution of Indian Political Parties
• 3. Political Parties by Fragmentation of Congress
• 4. The Leftist Political Parties
• 5. The Rightist Political Parties
• 6. Quest for Parliamentary Opposition
• 7. The Regional Political Parties
• 4. Law for PARTY SPLITS AND DEFECTIONS
• 1. The Party Split Assessment 2. The Rationale of Defection
• 3. The Rights of Dissent, Defections and Splits
• 4. The Process of Prohibition of Defections and Splits
• 4A. The Constitution (Fifty-Second Amendment) Act, 1985
• 4B. Judicial Interpretations of Tenth Schedule
• 5. An Assessment of Tenth Schedule
• 5. FORMATION OF GOVERNMENT and HUNG PARLIAMENT
• 1. The Constitutional Task
• 2. The Government Formation: Normal Procedures
• 3. The Caretaker Government
• 4. The Hung Parliament

• Volume 2

• 6. PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM IN STATES During EMERGENCY
• 1. Dismissal of State Ministry Article
• 2. The Floor Test
• 3. Failure of Constitutional Machinery
• 4. Safeguards against Misuse of Article 356
• 7. THE CONDUCT OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS
• 1. The President’s Role
• 2. The Speaker
• 3. Parliamentary Committees
• 4. Making of Law: Legislative Procedures
• 5. Parliamentary Dignity and Decorum
• 8. The Election Process: THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
• 1. Status and Organization of the Election Commission
• 2. Functions of Election Commission
• 3. Discretions for Fair Politics
• 4. Intra-Party Democracy
• 5. Funding of Political Parties
• 6. Conclusion
• APPENDICES
• 1. Tables–(i) Presidents of India, (ii) Prime Ministers of India, (iii) Lok Sabha Elections, (iv) Speaker(s) of Lok Sabha, (v) Chief Election Commissioners of India–2. Extracts from–(i) The Constitution of India, (ii) Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, (iii) The Representation of People Act, 1950, (iv) Representation of People Act, 1951, (v) Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968, (vi) The Indian Penal Code