Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha’s move to quit the AAP and join the BJP, along with six other MPs, has raised questions about the constitutional validity of his decision ...

Recent events in the Indian state of Maharashtra reaffirm the existence of glaring loopholes in a law aimed at bolstering political stability in India. The recent fall of the democratically elected ...

Raghav Chadha’s proposed anti defection law could have blocked his own switch from AAP to BJP, sparking legal questions and a major setback for AAP.

There may be lacunae in the schedule which has to be sorted out by the courts but another sad chapter on defections has been written in South Asia.

The defection of seven Rajya Sabha members from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has triggered a complex constitutional debate over disqualification, party merger rules ...

Seven AAP MPs' defection was made possible by the very provision Chadha once sought to amend — the 2/3 threshold under the existing anti-defection law ...

A faction of AIADMK MLAs has defied party leader Edappadi Palaniswami, announcing support for Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's ...

The issue carries implications beyond the immediate political fallout for Aam Aadmi Party.

Recognition of such mergers within legislature parties by the Speakers amounts to a fraud on the constitutional scheme of anti-defection.

Raghav Chadha's claim of merging with the BJP hinges on the anti-defection law in the 10th Schedule of the Indian Constitution (introduced by the 52nd Amendment in 1985 & later amended), specifically, ...