UPSC Civil Services 2012 Prelims General Studies Paper I

Adjournment motion :
(i) It is introduced in the Parliament to draw attention of the house to a definite matter of urgent public importance and needed to support of 50 members to be admitted.
(ii) It is regarded as an extraordinary device, because it interrupts the normal business of the house.
(iii) It involves an element of censure against the government and Rajya Sabha is not permitted to make use this device.
(iv) The discussion an adjournment motion should last for not less than two hours and thirty minutes.