[1] M.A. LL.M. UGC-NET (Law) Ph.D. Scholar – Law, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh - 273009

[2] Dr K S Chauhan, Parliament: Powers, Functions & Privileges, First Edition 2013, Page 3

[3] Article 368(1), Constitution of India

[4] Article 79, Constitution of India

[5] Article 83(1), Constitution of India

[6] Article 326, Constitution of India

[7] Article 83(2), Constitution of India

[8]https://web.archive.org/web/20100116211914/http://mpa.nic.in/actopp.htm

[9] Article 100(3), Constitution of India

[10]http://web.stanford.edu/~ldiamond/iraq/WhaIsDemocracy012004.htm

[11]Late Abraham Lincoln, The Honourable Former President of United States of America

[12] Keshavanand Bharati V. State of Kerala, AIR 1973 SC 1461

[13] Supra Note 6

[14] Article 324(1), Constitution of India

[15] D.D. Basu, Select Constitution of the World, 4th Edition, 2009

[16] Article/Section 57(2)(d), Constitution of South Africa, 1997

[17] Supra Note 15

[18] Article 246 & 7th Schedule, Constitution of India

[19] Article 75(3), Constitution of India

[20] Ch. VII, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)

[21]Ch. VIII, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)

[22] Ch. X, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)

[23] Ch. XI, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)

[24] Ch. XII, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)

[25] Ch. XIII, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)

[26] Ch. XIV, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)

[27] Ch. XVI, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)

[28]Ch. XVII& Ch. XVII-A TO C & Ch. XIX & XXIV, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)

[29] Ch. XXII, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)

[30] Supra Note 19

[31]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-incumbency

[32] M P Jain, Indian Constitutional Law, 7th Edition, 2014, Page 64

[33] Supra Note 12

[34] Harjinder Singh V. Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, AIR 2010 SC 1116

[35] Supra Note 12

[36] Preamble, Constitution of India

[37] Supra Note 3

[38] Supra Note 32, Page 68

[39] Article 61, Constitution of India

[40] Article 67(b), Constitution of India

[41] Article 124(2)(b) & 124(4), Constitution of India

[42] Article 217(1)(b), Constitution of India

[43] Article 324(5), Constitution of India

[44] Article 148(1), Constitution of India

[45] Supra Note 3

[46] Section 2, The Salary and Allowances of Leader of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977

[47] The Salary and Allowances of Leader of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977