•   According to the Article 108 of Constitution, a Joint session of Parliament can be summoned in the following situations:

•   If after a Bill has been passed by one House and submitted to the other House—

(a)  the Bill is rejected by the other House; or

(b)  the Houses have finally disagreed as to the amendments to be made in the Bill; or

(c)  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, the President may, unless the Bill has elapsed by reason of a dissolution of the House of the People, notify to the Houses by message if they are sitting or by public notification if they are not sitting, their intention to summon them to meet in a joint sitting for the purpose of deliberating and voting on the Bill.

•   The Finance Bill is introduced to to give effect to the financial proposals of the Government of India for the following year. It is subjected to all the conditions applicable to a Money Bill.

•   Unlike the Appropriation Bill, the amendment can be moved in the case of a finance bill.

•   The President can be removed from the office by a process of impeachment for ‘violation of the constitution’.

•   The impeachment charges can be initiated by either House of Parliament.

•   These charges should be signed by one - fourth members of the House and a 14 days’ notice should be given to the President.

•   After the impeachment resolution is passed by a majority of two - thirds of the total membership of that House, it is sent to the other House, which should investigate the charges.

•   The President has the right to appear and to be represented at such investigation.

•   If the other House also sustains the charges and passes the impeachment resolution by a majority of two - thirds of the total membership, then the President stands removed from his office from the date on which the resolution is so passed.