Winter session of Parliament likely to start in second week of December

New Delhi: The winter session of Parliament is expected to start in the second week of December and end before Christmas, sources said on Wednesday. They stated that the meeting might start a few days after the ballots in five states were counted on December 3.

Three key bills which seek to replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act are likely to be taken up for consideration during the session as the standing committee on Home has already adopted the three reports recently.

The Winter session usually commences in the third week of November and concludes ahead of December 25

Another key bill pending in Parliament relates to the appointment of a chief election commissioner and election commissioners.

Introduced in the Monsoon session, the government had not pushed for its passage in the special session of Parliament amid protests from the opposition and former chief election commissioners as it seeks to bring on par the status of the CEC and ECs with that of the cabinet secretary. At present, they enjoy the status of a Supreme Court judge.

With inputs from PTI