Q. ‘Kihoto Hollohan’ case, which is in news recently, is related to which of the following?
Answer:
Anti-defection
Notes:
- A constitutional challenge to the Tenth Schedule was settled by the apex court in ‘Kihoto Hollohan’.
- In 'Kihoto Hollohan vs Zachillhu And Others' (1992), Supreme Court upheld the sweeping discretion available to the Speaker in deciding cases of disqualification of MLAs.
- The law covering the disqualification of lawmakers and the powers of the Speaker in deciding such matters became part of the statute book in 1985 when the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution, commonly known as the ‘anti-defection law’, was adopted.