Joint Sitting Of Parliament And Leader Of House:
The President of India recently addressed the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament. It was the first time he addressed the newly elected 18th Loksabha.
- A joint sitting involves both houses of Parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) meeting together.
- There are two main types of joint sittings in the Indian parliamentary system.
- First is the presidential address under Article 87 and
- Second is the resolution of legislative deadlocks under Article 108.
- Article 87 of the Indian Constitution outlines when the President addresses both Houses of Parliament.
- The President addresses the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha at the beginning of the first session after each general election.
- The President also addresses both Houses at the beginning of the first session of each year.
- The Constitution (First Amendment) Act of 1951 modified Article 87 as follows: In clause (1), the phrase “every session” was replaced with “the first session after each general election to the House of the People and at the commencement of the first session of each year.
