Suppose Bihar legislative assembly passes a bill and forwards it to legislative council which rejects it. What happens to the bill then ?
a joint sitting is called for by the Governor.
the bill ends and become dead.
legislative assembly can pass the bill second time to override legislative council.
(a) or (c) depending on the type of bill.
Explanation:
c) legislative assembly can pass the bill second time to override legislative council. The Constitution does not provide for the mechanism of joint sitting of two Houses of the state legislature to resolve a deadlock between them over the passage of a bill. The legislative assembly can override the legislative council by passing the bill for the second time. Therefore the final power of passing an ordinary bill lies with the assembly. At the most, the council can detain or delay the bill for the period of four months.
c) legislative assembly can pass the bill second time to override legislative council. The Constitution does not provide for the mechanism of joint sitting of two Houses of the state legislature to resolve a deadlock between them over the passage of a bill. The legislative assembly can override the legislative council by passing the bill for the second time. Therefore the final power of passing an ordinary bill lies with the assembly. At the most, the council can detain or delay the bill for the period of four months.