News: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced that N K Premachandran has been nominated as an empanelled member to preside over the proceedings of the House.
About Nomination of Panel of Chairperson
- Enabling provision: The Panel of Chairperson is nominated under Section 9 in Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha.
- Rule 9: According to the rule, at the commencement of the House or from time to time, as the case may be, the Speaker shall nominate from amongst the members a panel of not more than 10 Chairpersons, anyone of whom may preside over the House in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker when so requested by the Speaker or, in the absence of the Speaker, by the Deputy Speaker.
- A Chairperson so nominated, holds office until a new Panel of Chairpersons is nominated, unless he/she resigns earlier from the Panel or is appointed a Minister or elected as Deputy Speaker.
- A minister cannot be a member of panel of chairpersons.
- Any one member of panel of chairpersons may preside over the House in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.
- A member of the panel of chairpersons cannot preside over the House, when the office of the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker is vacant.
- During such time, the Speaker’s duties are to be performed by such member of the House as the President may appoint for the purpose.
- It is not necessary that the chairpersons must be from the ruling party only.
- As per the procedure, leaders of different parties suggest names of their members for the panel, after that the Speaker appoints them to the panel.
