Consider the following statements with regard to joint sitting of the two Houses of the Parliament : The President of India can call a joint sitting of the Parliament. 1. If after a Bill has been passed by one House and transmitted to the other House and the Bill is rejected by the other House. 2. If there is a disagreement among the Houses regarding the amendments to be made in a Bill. 3. If more than three months lapse from the date of the reception of a Bill by the other House without the Bill being passed by it. How many of the statements given above are correct?

Joint sitting (Article 108)

• The President may summon a joint sitting of both Houses to resolve a deadlock over an ordinary bill or a financial bill (other than a money bill), and the joint sitting is presided over by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
• A deadlock is deemed to have taken place if the bill is rejected by the other House. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
• A deadlock also arises if the Houses have finally disagreed as to the amendments to be made in the bill. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
• The third ground is that more than six months elapse from the date of the reception of the bill by the other House without the bill being passed by it, and not three months. Hence, statement 3 is incorrect.
• A money bill and a Constitutional Amendment bill are outside the scope of a joint sitting. So far a joint sitting has been held three times, for the Dowry Prohibition Bill 1961, the Banking Service Commission (Repeal) Bill 1978 and the Prevention of Terrorism Bill 2002.