Parliamentary Privileges

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..... g few rights and immunities Erskine May states: Certain rights and immunities such as freedom from arrest or freedom of speech belong primarily to individual Members of each House and exist because the House cannot perform its functions without unimpeded use of the services of its Members. Other rights and immunities, such as the power to punish for contempt and the power to regulate its own const .....

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..... its legitimate commands or libels upon itself, its Members or its officers. The power to punish for contempt has been judicially considered to be inherent in each House of Parliament not as a necessary incident of the authority and functions of a legislature (as might be argued in respect of certain privileges) but by virtue of their descent from the undivided High Court of Parliament and in right .....

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..... s upon them, and, if it deems it advisable, to punish any person whom it considers to be guilty of a breach of privilege or a contempt of the House. The privileges of the Indian Legislatures have also gradually developed alongwith the progress in the constitutional development of the country. The Government of India Act, 1919 and 1935 constitute successive milestone in the development of the legis .....

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