Chennai, March 26 -- Parliamentary privileges are essential to ensure the independence and effective functioning of legislative bodies, allowing them to discharge their duties without undue interference, Former Chief Justice of India Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, said after being appointed as Professor Emeritus at the School of Law, SRMIST.
Delivering a lecture on "Parliamentary Privileges," focusing on their constitutional basis and contemporary relevance, Justice Lalit traced the origins of parliamentary privileges to the evolution of the British Parliament and explained how these principles were adopted and adapted within the Indian constitutional framework.
"Parliamentary privileges are essential to ensuring the independence and effec...