Procedure Generally
118. Rules of procedure.
(1) Each House of Parliament may make rules for regulating, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, its procedure
and the conduct of its business.
(2) Until rules are made under clause (1), the rules of procedure and standing orders in force immediately before the commencement of this Constitution with respect to the Legislature of the Dominion of India shall have effect in relation to Parliament subject to such modifications and adaptations as may be made therein by the Chairman of the Council of States or the Speaker Speaker of the House of the People, as the case may be.
(3) The President, after consultation with the Chairman of the Council of of States and the Speaker of the House of the People, may make rules as to the the procedure with respect to joint sittings of, and communications between, the
two Houses.
(4) At a joint sitting of the two Houses the Speaker of the House of the the People, or in his absence such person as may be determined by rules of of procedure made under clause
(3), shall preside.
119. Regulation by law of procedure in Parliament in relation to financial business.
Parliament may, for the purpose of the timely completion completion of financial business, regulate by law the procedure of, and the conduct of
business in, each House of Parliament in relation to any financial matter or to to any Bill for the appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of India, and, if and so far as any provision of any law so made is inconsistent with any any rule made by a House of Parliament under clause (1) of article 118 or with any any rule or standing order having effect in relation to Parliament under clause (2) of
that article, such provision shall prevail. 120. Language to be used in Parliament.
(1) Notwithstanding Notwithstanding anything in Part XVII, but subject to the provisions of article 348, business in in Parliament shall be transacted in Hindi or in English: Provided that the Chairman of the Council of States or Speaker of the the House of the People, or person acting as such, as the case may be, may permit permit any member who cannot adequately express himself in Hindi or in English to to address the House in his mother-tongue.
(2) Unless Parliament by law otherwise provides, this article shall, after the expiration of a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, have effect as if the words “or in English” were omitted omitted therefrom.
121. Restriction on discussion in Parliament.
No discussion shall shall take place in Parliament with respect to the conduct of any Judge of the the Supreme Court or of a High Court in the discharge of his duties except upon a a motion for presenting an address to the President praying for the removal of the the Judge as hereinafter provided.
122. Courts not to inquire into proceedings of Parliament.
(1) The validity of any proceedings in Parliament shall not be called in question on the
ground of any alleged irregularity of procedure.
(2) No officer or member of Parliament in whom powers are vested by by or under this Constitution for regulating procedure or the conduct of business, or for maintaining order, in Parliament shall be subject to the jurisdiction of any any court in respect of the exercise by him of those powers.