Punjab Assembly Session convened on 19 & 20 June 2023 not in breach of law & procedure: HC Advocate

Published on: 18 Jul 2023 at 10:35 AM

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Chandigarh, July 18

Amidst Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit questioning thePunjab Assembly Session convened by Bhagwant Mann led AAP Government on 19 & 20 June 2023 & which the former has mentioned in a letter communication addressed to CM Mann dated 17 July 2023 & owing to which the Governor has also questioned the legitimacy & legality of four number of Bills passed during such two days session (which are yet to receive his assent) over which he has now decided to seek opinion of the Attorney General for India, Hemant Kumar, an Advocate at Punjab & Haryana High Court categorically asserts that the aforementioned two days session of Punjab Assembly was very much legal ( read Constitutional) & as such there was no breach of law & procedure.

Hemant explained that of course before convening of the aforementioned two days Assembly Session on 19 & 20 June 2023, there was no summoning Order issued under the signature & seal of Punjab Governor as required under Article 174(1) of Constitution of India but the fact is that the same was rather not required since that two days Session was not a fresh one but actually a continuation of Budget Session of State Assembly which was nevertheless duly summoned by the Governor with effect from 3 March 2023 under aforementioned Article 174(1) of Indian Constitution & also this very Budget Session is yet to be Prorogued by the Governor till today under Article 174(2)(a) of Constitution of India of course, on the recommendation of the State Executive/Government. In such a situation, the Presiding Officer ( Speaker) of the House Kultar Singh Sandhwan, who has adjourned the House sine die twice during this Budget Session, firstly on 22 March 2023 & then on 20 June 2023.