i. The Budget Session

ii. The Monsoon Session

iii. The Winter Session

A ‘session’ of Parliament is the period spanning between the first sitting of a House and its prorogation (or dissolution in case of Lok Sabha). During a session, the House meets every day to transact business. The period spanning between the prorogation of a House and its reassembly in a new session is termed ‘recess’.

The sitting of a House may be terminated by dissolution, prorogation or adjournment.

b. Adjournment: Within a session, there are a number of meetings. Each daily meeting consists of two sittings: a morning sitting (11 AM to 1 PM) and a post lunch sitting (2 PM to 6 PM). An adjournment suspends the work in a sitting for a specified time – hours, days or weeks.

Adjournment Sine Die means terminating a sitting of Parliament for an indefinite period. The power of adjournment as well as adjournment sine die lies with the presiding officer of the House.

c. Prorogation: Prorogation (done by the President) terminates the session of the House. Though in England prorogation wipes all business pending at the date of prorogation, in India, all bills pending in Parliament are expressly saved by Art. 107(3). The only effect of a prorogation is that pending notices, motions and resolutions relapse.