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Which member of Parliament did what on the Joint Committee examining the Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026?

Some interesting takeaways emerge from the official record of the 31-member Joint Parliamentary Committee 

04-08-2026

Chairperson Sudhir Gupta (BJP) chaired every recorded sitting, presided over the clause-by-clause examination, the final adoption meeting and fixed the same-day deadline for filing dissent notes. Role of Each MP as Recorded - JCL Corporate Laws Amendment Bill 2026.docx

Konda Vishweshwar Reddy (BJP) was the only Member besides the Chairperson to attend every recorded sitting and every clause-by-clause discussion. Role of Each MP as Recorded - JCL Corporate Laws Amendment Bill 2026.docx

Supriya Sule (NCP-SP) recorded the highest attendance among Opposition Members (22 of 24 sittings). She was also the only Opposition Member to submit a written memorandum, but did not file a dissent note. Role of Each MP as Recorded - JCL Corporate Laws Amendment Bill 2026.docx

Arvind Sawant (Shiv Sena-UBT) attended all four clause-by-clause sittings and the final adoption meeting, yet left no memorandum or dissent on record. Role of Each MP as Recorded - JCL Corporate Laws Amendment Bill 2026.docx

Mahua Moitra (TMC) attended every clause-by-clause sitting, but was absent from the final adoption meeting and filed no dissent. Role of Each MP as Recorded - JCL Corporate Laws Amendment Bill 2026.docx

Varun Chaudhry (INC) was the only elected Opposition MP to file a formal dissent note. His one-page dissent opposed excessive delegation and sought deletion of the CSR amendment. Role of Each MP as Recorded - JCL Corporate Laws Amendment Bill 2026.docx

Dr. Menaka Guruswamy (Nominated, Rajya Sabha) authored the most detailed dissent in the entire Committee a seven-page constitutional critique addressing excessive delegation, trust-to-LLP conversion, fresh criminal liability and CSR accountability. Role of Each MP as Recorded via JCL Corporate Laws Amendment Bill 2026.docx

Dimple Yadav (SP) was named as a Committee Member, but the printed attendance records reproduced in the companion note do not record her presence at any sitting. Role of Each MP as Recorded - JCL Corporate Laws Amendment Bill 2026.docx

P. P. Chaudhary (BJP) attended 16 sittings overall, but none of the four clause-by-clause sittings in which all 107 clauses of the Bill were considered. Role of Each MP as Recorded - JCL Corporate Laws Amendment Bill 2026.docx

According to the official record, only two of the 31 Committee Members filed formal Notes of Dissent Varun Chaudhry and Dr. Menaka Guruswamy. Devils Advocate Brief via JCL Corporate Laws Amendment Bill 2026.docx

The broader picture: While the Committee examined a Bill spanning 107 clauses, received 130 memoranda and heard 83 stakeholders, only seven Members left any individually attributable written footprint beyond attendance five by filing memoranda and two by filing dissent notes. 

Read this 3 part series for all Details:  

Part 1  - below:

Corporate Laws Amendment Bill (Part 1): Which MP spoke, who stayed silent, and who shaped one of India's most important business reforms?

Part 2 below:

Corporate Laws Amendment Bill (Part 2): A Member-by-Member Examination of the Parliamentary Committee on Corporate Laws Amendment Bill

Part 3 below:

Corporate Laws Amendment Bill (Part 3): The Opposition, the Dissents and the Questions

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