{"id":14418,"date":"2022-01-31T11:52:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T06:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=14418"},"modified":"2022-01-31T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T06:22:32","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-jan-31-2022-day-224","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-jan-31-2022-day-224\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Jan 31, 2022; Day 224"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td><td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Irrational&nbsp;<\/td><td>Not consistent with or using reason<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Disorderly&nbsp;<\/td><td>Undisciplined and unruly<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Traverse&nbsp;<\/td><td>To cover or extend over an area or time period<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Precedent&nbsp;<\/td><td>a law established by following earlier judicial decisions<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Punitive&nbsp;<\/td><td>Inflicting punishment<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vehemently&nbsp;<\/td><td>showing strong and often angry feelings<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Graded&nbsp;<\/td><td>Assign a rank or rating to<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Obstructionist&nbsp;<\/td><td>Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gratifying&nbsp;<\/td><td>Pleasing to the mind<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Grapple&nbsp;<\/td><td>Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/exams\/banking\/rbi-grade-b\/?refcode=3546&amp;utm_source=Blog_The+Hindu+Editorial+Vocabulary%E2%80%93+Jan+31%2C+2022%3B+Day+224_310122_RBIGBM&amp;utm_medium=Link&amp;utm_campaign=RBIGBM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/RBI-Grade-B-Free-Mock-Test-1024x128.jpg\" alt=\"RBI-Grade-B-Free-Mock-Test\" class=\"wp-image-13480\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Limits of power: On Maharashtra MLAs suspension case<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Supreme Court serves a reminder that the House should work within constitutional parameters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In ruling that the one-year suspension imposed last year by the Maharashtra Assembly on 12 BJP legislators was illegal and <strong>irrational (Not consistent with or using reason)<\/strong>, the Supreme Court has set the limits of the legislature\u2019s power to deal with <strong>disorderly (Undisciplined and unruly) <\/strong>conduct in the House. It has laid down a significant principle that the effect of disciplinary action cannot <strong>traverse (To cover or extend over an area or time period) <\/strong>beyond the session in which the cause arose. Citing <strong>precedents (a law established by following earlier judicial decisions) <\/strong>from rulings of the Privy Council and the Supreme Court, the Court has sought to read the power of the House to suspend a member as essentially defensive or \u2018self-protective\u2019 so that disorderly conduct does not overwhelm its proceedings, but it should not assume a <strong>punitive (Inflicting punishment) <\/strong>character. Therefore, the suspension beyond the duration of the session was illegal. It was deemed irrational because the need to exercise the power was limited to restoring order in the House; logically, it was not needed beyond the day, or in case of repeated disorderly conduct, to the session so that scheduled business could be completed. It has termed the one-year suspension as a punitive action worse than expulsion. Its reasoning is that if a member is expelled by a resolution of the House, the Election Commission is bound to hold a by-election within six months and the member could seek re-election. On the contrary, the year-long suspension will mean that the constituency remains unrepresented, while there would be no vacancy to be filled through a by-election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The State government argued <strong>vehemently (showing strong and often angry feelings) <\/strong>that there was no limit to the action that the House could take for maintaining order and the Court could not examine the proportionality of the action. Rule 53 of the Assembly allowed the Speaker to adopt a <strong>graded (Assign a rank or rating to) <\/strong>approach to disorderly conduct; naming members after which they should withdraw from the House for the day, and, in the case of the conduct being repeated, for the rest of the session. However, the Government insisted that the suspension was imposed under the inherent power of the Assembly to ensure orderly functioning. Even then, the Court ruled, in the absence of a rule enabling such a power, the House had to adopt a graded approach and that the same-session limit could not be breached. Referring to the bar under Article 212 of the Constitution on the judiciary examining the regularity of the procedure adopted by the House, the three-judge Bench ruled that the present action was illegal and irrational, and not a mere irregularity of procedure. The ruling is yet another reminder to legislative bodies that their functioning is subject to constitutional parameters. In an era when the government side accuses the Opposition of being <strong>obstructionist (Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take)<\/strong>, and the Opposition alleges that it is being silenced, it is <strong>gratifying (Pleasing to the mind) <\/strong>that the higher judiciary <strong>grapples (Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available) <\/strong>with questions related to the limits of the power exercised by the majority in the legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/exams\/banking\/rbi-grade-b\/?refcode=3546&amp;utm_source=Blog_The+Hindu+Editorial+Vocabulary%E2%80%93+Jan+31%2C+2022%3B+Day+224_310122_RBIGBM&amp;utm_medium=Link&amp;utm_campaign=RBIGBM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/RBI-Grade-B-Free-Mock-Test-1024x128.jpg\" alt=\"RBI-Grade-B-Free-Mock-Test\" class=\"wp-image-13480\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to improve your vocabulary further?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/vocabulary\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-download-free-pdf\/\">Download the Lists of Word-Meanings of Previous Months here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improve your word-power with the help of this daily recurring series where we analyze the difficult words published in prominent editorials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1480,9,5,1312,1541,1542,2,19,1315,31,49,18,16,23,47],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-14418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-esic-mts","category-esic-udc","category-ibps-so","category-nhb","category-oscb-assistant-manager","category-oscb-banking-assistant","category-rbi-assistant","category-rbi-grade-b","category-sbi-cbo","category-sbi-clerk","category-sbi-po","category-sebi-grade-a","category-ssc-cgl","category-ssc-chsl","category-vocabulary","tag-editorials-difficult-words-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Jan 31, 2022; 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