• Dr. Raj Singh

Parliament in India has been granted some special privileges for its proper and smooth functioning. These privileges empowered the Member of Parliament to discharge their function more efficiently, confidently, and without any superfluous interference. In this review paper, the researcher will discuss the meaning and origin of the concept of parliamentary privilege. Further, the researcher will highlight how parliamentary privileges have been implemented in India and in selected jurisdictions. While discussing the concept of parliamentary privileges the researcher will adopt a comparative approach to determine how parliamentary privileges in India are different from the United Kingdom, France, Australia, and South Africa. Since the law of parliamentary privileges and immunities applies differently in different countries, the law of privilege in a continental system country such as France, and in Britain and Australia, is relevant in exploring the doctrine of parliamentary privilege. Moreover, India is one of the old democracies which, like South Africa, have a three-tiered system of government. In this paper the author has adopted, comparative research analysis which will help in interpreting and analyzing the extent of parliamentary privilege and immunities in India. The author will further discuss in detail about Parliamentary Privileges and its components in this paper.

Democracies, Functioning, Immunities, Parliament, Privileges.

"Parliamentary Privileges in India: A Comparative study with the United Kingdom, France, Australia, and South Africa", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.720-725, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREW06099.pdf

"Parliamentary Privileges in India: A Comparative study with the United Kingdom, France, Australia, and South Africa", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp720-725, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREW06099.pdf