CPI(M) MP John Brittas has urged the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairperson to disallow the tabling of a parliamentary committee report which contains comments on the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill while noting that it was never referred to the panel.
Citing rules guiding the two Houses, he said in his letter to the chairs that parliamentary standing committees are explicitly prohibited from examining any bills that have not been referred to them by either the Rajya Sabha chairperson or the Lok Sabha speaker after their introduction.
"It is imperative to note that the said Digital Personal Data Protection Bill had neither been introduced before either of the Houses of Parliament till date nor was it referred to the Standing Committee by the chairman of the Rajya Sabha or the speaker, as the case may be, for examination," Mr. Brittas said.
