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Elections, electoral law and political parties (Part XV, RPA, Tenth Schedule)

Political parties and the anti-defection law (Tenth Schedule)

Practise 3 PYQs

Concepts to cover

  1. Grounds of disqualification under the Tenth Schedule
  2. Nominated members and the six-month window
  3. Merger exception; split exception deleted by the 91st Amendment
  4. Presiding officer decides; Kihoto Hollohan and judicial review
  5. National and State parties; recognition criteria
  6. Pressure groups and their role
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