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CONTENTS: CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND AND THE LAW CHAPTER 2: CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE LAW CHAPTER 3: DEFECTIONS IN STATE LEGISLATURES CHAPTER 4: CASES IN UNION PARLIAMENT CHAPTER 5: REFORMING THE LAW CHAPTER 6: PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES, PARTY WHIPS AND THE ANTI-DEFECTION LAW - A CASE STUDY CHAPTER 7: THE ANTI-DEFECTION LAW CHAPTER 8: DISQUALIFICATION ON GROUND OF DEFECTION RULES, 1985 CHAPTER 9: CASE LAW ANALYSIS Selected Supreme Court Cases ANNEXURE I DECISIONS OF LOK SABHA SPEAKERS IN DEFECTION CASES ANNEXURE II DECISIONS IN REGARD TO MEMBERS OF STATE LEGISLATURES ANNEXURE III RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION TO REVIEW THE WORKING OF THE CONSTITUTION ANNEXURE IV THE CONSTITUTION (NINETY-FIRST AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 ADDENDUM KARNATAKA VIDHAN SABHA CASE