Correct Answer : Anti-Defection Law
Maharashtra is in the throes of a constitutional crisis. All indications are that there is a planned mass defection underway.
Anti-Defection Law :
* The Tenth Schedule of the Constitution is commonly known as the anti-defection law.
* It was introduced in 1985 with a view to curb the tendency among legislators to switch loyalties from one party to another and facilitate the toppling of regimes and formation of new ones.
* The law provides for the Presiding Officer of the legislature to disqualify any defector on a petition by another member.
