Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

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constitutional office of India parliamentary office presiding officer role

The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is the presiding officer of India’s upper house of Parliament, a role held ex officio by the Vice President of India to conduct its proceedings and maintain order.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Vice President of India 19
Chairman of Rajya Sabha 7
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha canonical 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional office of India ⓘ
parliamentary office ⓘ
presiding officer role ⓘ
alsoCalled Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
surface form: Chairman, Council of States
appointedBy indirect election as Vice President of India ⓘ
assistedBy Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha ⓘ
surface form: Panel of Vice-Chairmen of the Rajya Sabha
associatedWithBody Secretariat of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
cannotBe member of either House of Parliament ⓘ
chamberType upper house ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Article 64 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 89 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
currentHolder Jagdeep Dhankhar ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate 11 August 2022 ⓘ
duty allow or disallow motions and resolutions ⓘ
conduct proceedings of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
decide points of order in the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
interpret rules of procedure of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
maintain order in the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
firstHolder Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ⓘ
heldExOfficioBy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vice President of India
inauguralYear 1952 ⓘ
jurisdiction Rajya Sabha proceedings ⓘ
locatedIn Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) ⓘ
surface form: Parliament House, New Delhi
nativeLanguage hi ⓘ
nativeName Chairman of the Rajya Sabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: राज्य सभा के सभापति
officeIncompatibleWith membership of Lok Sabha ⓘ
membership of Rajya Sabha ⓘ
partOf Parliament of India ⓘ
power adjourn the Rajya Sabha sine die ⓘ
adjourn the sitting of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
cast deciding vote in case of a tie ⓘ
decide admissibility of calling attention notices ⓘ
decide admissibility of questions ⓘ
decide admissibility of short duration discussion notices ⓘ
suspend members for disorderly conduct ⓘ
presidesOver Rajya Sabha ⓘ
surface form: Council of States

Rajya Sabha ⓘ
reportsTo Rajya Sabha ⓘ
residence New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi
style Honourable ⓘ
Shri ⓘ
symbol State Emblem of India ⓘ
surface form: Emblem of India
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termLinkedTo term of the Vice President of India ⓘ
votingRight does not vote in the first instance ⓘ
has only a casting vote in case of equality of votes ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of India → presidingOfficerOfRajyaSabha → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
Parliament of India → chairmanOfRajyaSabhaExOfficio → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Rajya Sabha → exOfficioChairman → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Lok Sabha → participatesInElectionOf → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
University of Delhi → chancellor → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Monsoon Session → chairedBy → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of Rajya Sabha
Standing Committees → appointmentBy → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Standing Committees (India)
this entity surface form: Chairman of Rajya Sabha
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha → heldExOfficioBy → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha → nativeName → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: राज्य सभा के सभापति
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha → alsoCalled → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman, Council of States
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan → positionHeld → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
R. Venkataraman → positionHeld → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Impeachment of the President of India → relatedOffice → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha → reportsTo → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of Rajya Sabha
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha → oathAdministeredBy → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of Rajya Sabha
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha → associatedOffice → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha → canBeResignedTo → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of Rajya Sabha
K. R. Narayanan → positionHeld → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Part V of the Constitution of India → containsProvisionsOn → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice-President of India
Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952 → appliesToOffice → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice-President of India
Zero Hour → presidingOfficer → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Zero Hour (Indian Parliament)
Ad hoc committees (India) → selectionOfMembersBy → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of Rajya Sabha
Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Rajya Sabha → interpretedBy → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of Rajya Sabha
Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Rajya Sabha → interpretedBy → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presiding Officer of Rajya Sabha
Article 89 of the Constitution of India → definesOfficeOf → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
Secretariat of the Rajya Sabha → reportsTo → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
Jagdeep Dhankhar → positionHeld → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Sarvepalli → positionHeld → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
M. Hidayatullah → office → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Jawaharlal Nehru University → chancellor → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Shankar Dayal Sharma → positionHeld → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Union Parliament → hasChairmanOfUpperHouse → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Union Parliament → elects → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Article 61 of the Constitution of India → doesNotApplyTo → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India
Pondicherry University → chancellor → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice President of India