UPSC Prelims 2022 · GS Paper 1 · Q86

Polity

Medium · Anti-Defection Law (Tenth Schedule)

Consider the following statements about the anti-defection law under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution:

1. A nominated member of a House is deemed to have defected if he or she joins a political party within six months of taking their seat.

2. The Tenth Schedule prescribes no specific time-frame within which the presiding officer must decide a petition relating to disqualification on grounds of defection.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?