New Delhi, Dec 19 (UNI) Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh on Thursday dismissed the Opposition India bloc’s no-confidence motion notice against Vice President and Ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Among the reasons for dismissal of the notice for the no-confidence motion are the name of the Vice President being not correctly spelt in the entire petition and absence of resolution text.
In his ruling, Harivansh termed the non-confidence motion as severely flawed and the notice for the same was apparently drawn in ‘haste and hurry to mar the reputation of the incumbent Vice President.’
“..the notice is held as an act of impropriety, severely flawed, apparently drawn in haste and hurry to mar the reputation of the incumbent Vice President and aimed to damage the Constitutional institution. The same deserves to be and hereby dismissed,” the ruling said.
The ruling further said that a detailed order would follow.
The ruling noted that the Article 67 (b) of the Constitution mandates at least 14 days prior notice for any resolution contemplating the Vice President’s removal.
“Thus December 10, 2024 notice of intention could permit such a resolution only after December 24, 2024. The current 266th session of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) as notified on November 6, 2024, commenced on November 25 and scheduled to conclude on December 20, 2024,” it observed.
The ruling said that the notice for no-confidence motion could not have been more casual and cavalier.
“A look at the notice reveals it couldn’t be more casual and cavalier, wanting on every conceivable aspect and severally flawed- absence of addressee, absence of resolution text, incumbent Vice President’s name not correctly spelt in the entire petition, documents and videos asserted not made part, premised on links of disjointed media reports without authentication and many more,” it said.
