130th Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2025

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Why in News?

Recently, the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025 was sent to a Joint Committee.

It seeks to provide for removal of the Prime Minister, a Chief Minister of a state, or any other Minister in the central or a state government, if he is arrested and detained in custody on account of serious criminal offences.
It also applies these provisions to the Union Territory (UT) of Delhi.
Two other Bills have also been introduced to apply these provisions to the UTs of Puducherry, and Jammu and Kashmir.
Grounds for removal - A Minister will be removed from office if
- He is accused of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years or more, and
- He has been arrested and detained in custody for 30 consecutive days.
Procedure for removal - A Minister in the central government will be removed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister.
This advice is to be given by the 31^st consecutive day that the Minister is in custody.
If the Prime Minister does not advise the President by this time, the Minister will cease to hold office from the day thereafter.
The same provisions will also apply at the state level, with the Governor of the state acting on the advice of the Chief Minister.
In case of Delhi, the acting authority will be the President on the advice of the Chief Minister.
No bar on re-appointments - A Minister who is removed from office under these provisions, may be re-appointed after being released from custody.

Quick facts

Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC)

It is a committee set up by Parliament for a special purpose, such as for the detailed scrutiny of a subject or Bill.
It has members from both Houses, and is dissolved after its term ends or its task has been completed.
The mandate of a JPC depends on the motion constituting it.
While its recommendations have a persuasive value, they are not binding on the government.

Reference

The Indian Express | Constitution 130^th Amendment Bill 2025