ETHICS
COMMITTEE - POLITY
News:
Sparks fly at Ethics
committee meet to hear complaint against Mahua Moitra
What's
in the news?
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The Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha has summoned
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra for defending herself in face of the
cash-for-query charges levelled against her by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.
Ethics
Committee in Parliament:
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The genesis of formation of the Ethics
Committee in Parliament can be traced to a resolution adopted at the Presiding
Officers Conference held in New Delhi in October, 1996.
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Each
house of the parliament has its own ethics committee.
Ethics
committee in Lok Sabha:
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It was first constituted in 2000.
Composition:
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It consists of not more than fifteen members and nominated by the Speaker.
Term:
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They shall hold office for a term not exceeding one year.
Ethics
committee in Rajya Sabha:
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It was constituted in 1997.
Composition:
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It consists of 10 members nominated by the Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
Term:
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They shall hold office for a term not exceeding one year.
Functions:
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To oversee the moral and ethical conduct
of the Members
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To examine the cases referred to with
reference to ethical and other misconduct of the Members.
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Any person or member may make a complaint
relating to unethical conduct of a member to the committee.
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In the case of the Ethics Committee only
an MP can be examined for misconduct.