{"id":353347,"date":"2026-01-06T15:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=353347"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:10:23","slug":"353347","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/353347\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Defection Law & The Role of Speaker – Explained Pointwise"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>Tenth Schedule<\/b> of the Indian Constitution, also known as the <\/span>Anti-Defection Law<\/b>, was inserted by the <\/span>52nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1985<\/b>, to curb the growing menace of political defections which destabilized governments in the post-1967 era. However, in recent years, the issue has once again taken center stage due to partisan actions by <\/span>Legislative Speakers<\/b>, resulting in erosion of <\/span>democratic values and legal safeguards.\u00a0<\/b>
\nRecently, the Telangana Legislative Assembly’s Speaker dismissed the petition to disqualify 10 MLAs who have allegedly defected after the 2023 Legislative Assembly election results. His actions have been criticized by the members of the opposition parties of the State as being unilateral & biased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Table of Content<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What is the Tenth Schedule?<\/a>
\nWhat is the Significance and Importance of an Independent and Neutral Speaker?<\/a>
\nWhat are the government Initiatives and institutional Developments?<\/a>
\nWhat are the challenges to the Autonomy and Integrity of Speaker\u2019s Role?<\/a>
\nWhat should be the Way Forward?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>What is the Tenth Schedule?<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n