President likely to address joint sitting in new Parliament

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Last Updated19/01/2023

The President’s Address to the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha is likely to be held in the new Parliament
The rest of the first part of the Budget Session may continue at the old Parliament.

Joint sitting is an extraordinary tool provided by the constitution to resolve a deadlock between the Loksabha and Rajyasabha over a passage of a bill.
Article 108 of the Constitution empowers the President to summon a joint session of both houses “for the purpose of deliberating and voting on the Bill”.
According to Article 118, the President of India may, after conferring with the chair of the Rajya Sabha and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, create rules for the proceedings of a joint session of parliament.
In a joint session, no new amendments to the bill may be presented, with the exception of those passed by one House and rejected by the other.
However, there are three caveats: a joint session can be called if,
Whenever one house of Parliament passes a bill and the other House rejects it, there is a standoff, or
There is a stalemate whenever one house of Parliament passes a bill and the other rejects it, or
The bill was sent to the other House and sat there for more than six months before it was passed.
When the house is prorogued or adjourned for more than four days in a row, those days are not taken into account when calculating the six-month period.

Joint Sitting is presided over by the Speaker of the Loksabha or in his absence by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or in his absence, the Deputy-Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
In no case, the joint sitting is presided over by the chairman of the Rajyasabha

The Quorum required for a joint sitting is one-tenth of the total number of members of the two houses.
Joint Sitting is governed by the rules of Procedure of Loksabha and not by Rajya Sabha