When does the President intends to summon the two houses to meet in a joint sitting ?

When a Bill other than a Money Bill or a Constitution Amendment Bill, 

1. Passed by one House is rejected by the other House or 

2. The Houses have finally disagreed as to the amendments made in the Bill or 

3. More than six months lapse from the date of the receipt of the Bill by the other House without the Bill being passed by it, The President may, unless the Bill has lapsed by reason of dissolution of Lok Sabha, notify to the Houses by message, if they are sitting, or by public notification, if they are not sitting, his intention to summon them to meet in a joint sitting . 

Is it obligatory upon President to summon the Houses to meet in a joint sitting ? 

It is not obligatory upon President to summon the Houses to meet in a joint sitting.

This provision is only an enabling one, empowering the President to take a step for resolving a deadlock between the two Houses

Does dissolution effect a joint sitting 

Once the President has notified his intention to summon the Houses for a joint sitting, dissolution of Lok Sabha shall not stand in the way of proceeding with the Bill at a joint sitting 

Procedure at Joint Sitting—At a joint sitting, the Speaker presides and the

Secretary-General, Lok Sabha acts as Secretary-General of the joint sitting.

During the absence of the Speaker from any joint sitting, the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha or if he is also absent, the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha or if he too is absent, such other person as may be determined by the members present at the sitting, presides. 

The quorum to constitute a joint sitting is one-tenth of the total number of members of the two House 

If at a joint sitting of the House, the Bill referred to it, with such amendments, if any, as are agreed to in joint sitting, is passed by a majority of the total number of members of both Houses present and voting, it is deemed, for the purposes of the

Constitution, to have been passed by both Houses . 

At a joint sitting no amendment can be proposed to the Bill, other than such amendments, if any, as become necessaryby the delay in the passage of the Bill and such other amendments as relate to matters with respect to which the Houses have not agreed.

The decision of the person presiding as to the admissibility of amendments is final.

At a joint sitting, the Speaker, or the person acting as such, shall not vote in the first instance, but shall have and exercise a casting vote in the case of equality of Votes 

Were any Joint sittings held until now ?

So far, joint sittings of the Houses under article 108 have taken place on three occasions .

1.The first occasion arose following a disagreement between the two Houses over certain amendments to the Dowry Prohibition Bill, 1959

2.The second occasion arose following rejection by Rajya Sabha of the Banking Service Commission (Repeal) Bill, 1977

3. The third joint sitting was held on 26 March 2002 when the motion to consider the Prevention of Terrorism Bill, 2002,

Previous Questions 

Q. The Indian Constitution has provisions for holding a joint session of the two houses of the Parliament. Enumerate the occasions when this would normally happen and also the occasions when it cannot, with reasons thereof. (250 words, 15 marks) CSE 2022

Q. When a bill is referred to a joint sitting of both the Houses of the Parliament, it has to be passed by CSP 2015

(a) A simple majority of members present and voting

(b) Three-fourths majority of members present and voting

(c) Two-thirds majority of the Houses

(d) Absolute majority of the Houses