 [tenth schedule[articles 102(2) and 191(2)]  provisions as to disqualification on ground of defection1 interpretation—in this schedule, unless the context otherwise requires, -  ax  (b) "legislature party", in relation to a member of a house belonging to any political party in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 or, as the case may be, paragraph 4, means the group consisting of all the members of that house for the time being belonging to that political party in accordance with the said provisions; ae a ed 2 disqualification on ground of defection—(1) subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, a member of a house belonging to any political party shall be disqualified for being a member of the house— ak a  (4) notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, a person who, on the commencement of the constitution (fifty-second amendment) act, 1985, is a member of a house (whether elected or nominaied as such) shall,— (i) where he was a member of political party immediately before such commencement, be deemed, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, to have been elected as a member of such house as a candidate set up by such political party; (ii) in any other case, be deemed to be an elected member of the house who has been elected as such otherwise than as a candidate set up by any political party for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph or, as the case may be, deemed to be a nominated member of the house for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph 3 disqualification on ground of defection not to apply in case of split—where a member of a house makes a claim that he and any other members of his legislature party constitute the group representing a faction which has arisen as a result of a split in his original pulitical party and such group consists of not less than one-third of the members of such legislature party,— (a) he shall not be disqualified under sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 on the ground— (i) that he has voluntarily given up his membership of his original political party; or (ii) that he has voted or abstained from voting in such house contrary to any direction issued by such party or by any person or authority authorised by it in that behalf without obtaining the prior permission of such party, person or authority and such voting or abstention has not been condoned by such party, person or authority within fifteen days from the date of such voting or abstention; and (b) from the time of such split, such faction shall be deemed to be the political party to which he belongs for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 and to be his original political party for the purposes of this paragraph  4 disqualification on ground of defection not to apply in case of merger—(1) a member of a house shall not be disqualified under sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 where his original political party merges with another political party and he claims that he and any other members of his original political party— (a) have become members of such other political party or, as the case may be, of a new political party formed by such merger; or (b) have not accepted the merger and opted to function as a separate group, and from the time of such merger, such other political party or new political party or group, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be the political party to which he belongs for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 and to be his original political party for the purposes of this sub-paragraph (2) for the purposes of sub-pargaraph (1) of this paragraph, the merger of the original political party of a member of a house shall be deemed to have taken place if, and only if, not less than two-thirds of the members of the legislature party concerned have agreed to such merger  xk prd 7 'bar of jurisidiction of courts—notwithstanding anything in this constitution, no court shall have any jurisdiction in respect of any matter connected with the disqualification of a member of a house under this schedule