Lok Sabha to take up Supreme Court judges Bill as Parliament Monsoon Session resumes

The Lok Sabha is scheduled to take up the Supreme Court Number of Judges Amendment Bill 2026 for consideration and passing during the Monsoon Session of Parliament on Tuesday a day after Union Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the Bill in the HouseMeghwal will move the Bill which seeks to further amend the Supreme Court Number of Judges Act 1956 for consideration by the House and also move that it be passedThe legislative business will be preceded by a statutory resolution moved by TMC MP Sougata Ray Revolutionary Socialist Party MP NK Premachandran and Congress MP Dean Kuriakose disapproving the Supreme Court Number of Judges Amendment Ordinance 2026 promulgated by the President on May 16 2026 The two items are scheduled to be taken up togetherThe Revised List of Business for the day also includes questions laying of papers motions relating to parliamentary committees and matters under Rule 377The SecretaryGeneral is scheduled to lay on the Table nine Bills passed by the Houses of Parliament during the Seventh Session of the Eighteenth Lok Sabha and assented to by the PresidentSeveral Ministers are also scheduled to lay papers on the TableThese include Jitin Prasada for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ram Nath Thakur for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Nityanand Rai for the Ministry of Home Affairs SP Singh Baghel for the Ministry of Fisheries Animal Husbandry and Dairying B L Verma for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and Bandi Sanjay Kumar for the Ministry of Home AffairsThe House will also take up a statement of the Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs Telugu Desam Party TDP MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy and Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Dina Patil are scheduled to lay the statement on the final action taken by the government on recommendations and observations contained in Chapters I and V of the Second Report of the committee on action taken by the government on the recommendations and observations contained in the Twentyfirst Report of the Seventeenth Lok Sabha committee on the subject Smart Cities Mission An EvaluationMinister of State for Fisheries Animal Husbandry and Dairying SP Singh Baghel is scheduled to make three statements on the status of implementation of recommendations of the Standing Committee on Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Food ProcessingThese relate to the 24th Report on Demands for Grants 202425 the 30th Report on Demands for Grants 202627 and the 37th Report on Demands for Grants 202526 pertaining to the Department of Animal Husbandry and DairyingThe House will also consider motions for the election of members to the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward ClassesBJP MPs Ganesh Singh and Rodmal Nagar are scheduled to move a motion for the election of 20 Lok Sabha members to the committee for a oneyear term beginning from the date of its first sittingAnother motion will recommend that the Rajya Sabha elect 10 of its members to associate with the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes for a oneyear term and communicate the names of those elected to the Lok SabhaCongress MPs KC Venugopal and Jai Parkash are scheduled to move a motion recommending that the Rajya Sabha nominate one of its members to associate with the Committee on Public Accounts for the unexpired portion of its term following the resignation of BJP MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray from the Rajya Sabha with effect from June 8 2026Similarly BJP MPs Baijayant Panda and Shankar Lalwani will move a motion recommending that the Rajya Sabha nominate one member to associate with the Committee on Public Undertakings for the unexpired portion of its term following the resignation of Debashish Samantaray from the Rajya Sabha with effect from May 25 2026Meanwhile the Rajya Sabha is set to take up the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Amendment Bill 2026 for introduction and subject to its introduction consideration and passing on Tuesday according to the Revised List of BusinessUnion Home Minister Amit Shah will seek leave to introduce the Bill which seeks to further amend the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act 1971The House will also take up papers to be laid on the Table by Union Ministers Prataprao Jadhav for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Pankaj Chaudhary for the Ministry of Finance and Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya for the Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public DistributionShiv Sena MP Milind Murli Deora and BJP MP Sadanand Mhalu Shet Tanavade are scheduled to present the 257th Report of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation covering the Competition Commission of India Commitment Regulations 2024 Competition Commission of India Settlement Regulations 2024 Competition Commission of India Determination of Turnover or income Regulations 2024 and Competition Commission of India Determination of Monetary Penalty Guidelines 2024The House will also take up a statement of the Departmentrelated Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs BJP MP Ramrao Sakharam Wadkute and DMK MP R Girajaran are scheduled to lay the Final Action Taken Statement by the Government on the recommendations and observations contained in Chapters I and V of the Second Report of the Eighteenth Lok Sabha committee on action taken by the government on the recommendations and observations contained in its Twentyfirst Report of the Seventeenth Lok Sabha on Smart Cities Mission An Evaluation pertaining to the Ministry of Housing and Urban AffairsThe Rajya Sabha will also consider a motion by Union Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda for the election of one member from among the members of the House to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS BhubaneswarThe election is being held to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mamata Mohanta from the Rajya Sabha on April 2 2026 in accordance with the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences Act 1956 as amended by the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences Amendment Act 2012Union Minister L Murugan will move a motion for the appointment of two Rajya Sabha members to the Joint Committee on the Constitution One Hundred and TwentyNinth Amendment Bill 2024 and the Union Territories Laws Amendment Bill 2024The motion follows vacancies caused by the retirement of Saket Gokhale and Bhubaneswar Kalita from the Rajya Sabha The motion proposes BJP MP Manmohan Samal and TMC MP Sagarika Ghose to fill the vacancies and communicate their names to the Lok SabhaThe consideration of any item of Government Business entered in the List of Business for Monday July 20 2026 and not concluded on that day will also be taken up todayThe legislative agenda comes a day after repeated adjournments in both Houses on the opening day of the Monsoon Session with Opposition members pressing for discussions on the NEETUG paper leak problems faced by students and the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Mandir TrustOpposition parties also demanded the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra PradhanThe Opposition is expected to continue its protests on Tuesday with floor leaders of Opposition parties scheduled to meet at 10 am in the office of Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge to chalk out their strategy for the second day of the sessionThe Monsoon Session of Parliament will continue till August 13This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever