After at least four MPs complained that their names had been included in a proposed Select Committee for the Delhi Services Bill without their consent, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh announced a probe.
- The Select Committee was proposed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha in the Upper House.
About Select Committee
- There are 12 Standing Committees hat are permanent in nature, with their members nominated from time to time by the Chairman. The Privileges Committee is one such.
- There are ad hoc or temporary committees, which are set up for a specific purpose, such as examining a particular Bill, and are dissolved once that purpose has been served.
- A Select Committee is an ad hoc committee.
- Under Rule 125 of the Rajya Sabha Rules and Procedures, any member may move an amendment that a Bill be referred to a Select Committee.
- The Select/Joint Committees on Bills are constituted by the House(s) on specific motion moved by the Minister in-charge of the Bill or any member and adopted by the House to consider and report on Bills as referred to them from time to time.”
- A Joint Committee has members from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
- The motion to refer a Bill to a Select Committee can either be moved by the member in-charge of the Bill, or by any other MP.
- The members of the Select Committee on a Bill are appointed by the House when the motion that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee is made.
- No member is appointed to a Select Committee if he is not willing to serve on the Committee.
- The mover has to ascertain whether the member proposed by him is willing to serve on the Committee.
- The actual number of membership of the Select Committee is not fixed; it varies from Committee to Committee.
- If it is a Joint Committee, the proportion of members from the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha is 1:2.
- The Chairman of the Committee is appointed by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha from among the members of the Committee.
- The report of the committee is of a recommendatory nature. The government can choose to accept or reject its recommendations.
