{"id":3273,"date":"2022-12-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/21-12-2022\/rule-267-of-the-rajya-sabha\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T00:00:00","slug":"rule-267-of-the-rajya-sabha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/21-12-2022\/rule-267-of-the-rajya-sabha","title":{"rendered":"Rule 267 of the Rajya Sabha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:13pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Rule 267 of the Rajya Sabha rulebook has become a bone of contention in the Upper House.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:13pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><strong>About Rule 267<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">It allows for the suspension of a day\u2019s business to debate the issue suggested by a Member.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:circle\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">The Rule gives <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>special power to a Rajya Sabh<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">a member to suspend the pre-decided agenda of the House, with the approval of the Chairman.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Rajya Sabha rule book defines \u201cRule 267\u201d under \u201csuspension of rules\u201d as an instance where <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">\u201cany Member, may, with the consent of the Chairman, move that any rule may be suspended in its application to a motion related to the business listed before the council of that day and if the motion is carried, the rule in question shall be suspended for the time being.\u201d<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:circle\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>provided furthe<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">r that this <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>rule shall not apply where specific provision already exists for suspension<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"> of a rule under a particular chapter of the Rules\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\">Source:<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/rule-267-becomes-the-bone-of-contention-in-rajya-sabha\/article66285708.ece\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><span style=\"color:#1155cc\">TH<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In News Rule 267 of the Rajya Sabha rulebook has become a bone of contention in the Upper House.\u00a0 About Rule 267 It allows for the suspension of a day\u2019s business to debate the issue suggested by a Member. 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