Indian Polity • Parliament & ExecutiveHard
Under Article 105 of the Indian Constitution, parliamentary privileges are granted to members of Parliament. In the absence of a parliamentary law defining these privileges explicitly, they are equivalent to the privileges of which legislative body?
A. The US Congress
B. The British House of Commons✓ Correct Answer
C. The French National Assembly
D. The Canadian House of Commons
💡 Solution & Explanation
Article 105(3) specifies that in other respects, the powers, privileges, and immunities of each House of Parliament, and of the members and the committees of each House, shall be such as may from time to time be defined by Parliament, and until so defined, shall be those of the British House of Commons at the commencement of the Constitution.
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