Clash in RS over clubbing of two bills

Rajya Sabha today witnessed a clash among lawyer-members over rules as the government wanted two bills of the Law Ministry to be taken up together for discussion, which was strongly resisted by the opposition.
As tempers ran high, Leader of House and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley accused nominated member K T S Tulsi of "instigating" members to delay the pasage of the Delhi High Court (Anmendment) Bill but was forced to withdraw the remarks later after opposition protested.
The row began after Law Minister D V Sadanand Gowda introduced the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commecial Appellate Division of High Courts Bill and suggested that this new bill be taken up together with the Delhi High Court (Anmendment) Bill, which was deferred last week.

Objecting to it, Tulsi, a senior lawyer, said that "clubbing of the two is unnecessary and it will perpetuate the woes of the litigants unnecessarily."
Contending that the two bills have nothing to do with each other, he said the government, by doing so, wants to give from one hand and take away from the other.
Tulsi refused to accept the Law Minister's argument that a quick disposal of the Delhi High Court Bill is required as people of the Delhi Bar Association are going on strike.

Jaitley intervened to allege that Tulsi was "instigating" members in the House to delay the bill.

"The whole effort of Tulsi is to delay the bill...We are not going to fall prey to it. Offcourse you are trying to delay the bill," he said.
Tulsi reacted strongly to it, saying, "The Leader of the House has accused me of instigating. When did I instigate? Whom did I instigate?"
Some Congress members including Viplove Thakur joined Tulsi in protesting against Jaitley's remarks. Thakur said every member is free to speak his or her mind on the issue.
At this, Jaitley said he does not want this to become an issue and hence "I withdraw what I said". He, however, insisted that both the bills have to be taken together", failing which there will be trouble outside.

Seeking to cool tempers, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, who himself is a lawyer, quipped that "the problem with this House is too many advocates being here."
Deputy Chairman P J Kurien asked the Minister to club the two bills when these are moved for consideration and passage so that a decision can be taken at that time by the House.