NEW DELHI — Parliament's Monsoon session has remained unprorogued for a record 88 days since both Houses were adjourned indefinitely (sine die) on August 13, surpassing the previous record of 87 days set in 2008, The Hindu BusinessLine reported on Monday morning.

Source: The Hindu BusinessLine

As of Monday morning, neither the Lok Sabha nor the Rajya Sabha had been formally prorogued, keeping open the possibility of convening an extended sitting of the existing session, the report said. Prorogation is the formal act that ends a session; adjournment sine die only suspends sittings without ending the session.

Source: The Hindu BusinessLine

88 daysMonsoon session left unprorogued since the August 13 adjournment — a record
87 daysPrevious longest unprorogued gap, in 2008
2 daysMinimum notice needed to reconvene an extended sitting of the existing session
14 daysNotice typically needed to call a brand-new session

Why the open session matters

An extended sitting within an existing session can be convened with a minimum notice of two days, while calling a new session typically needs at least 14 days' notice, Dainik Jagran reported. The Constitution does not prescribe a time limit for proroguing a House after it has been adjourned sine die, so the long gap is not in itself a constitutional or procedural impropriety, the report noted.

Source: Dainik Jagran

The government's decision not to prorogue the session has fuelled speculation — reported as speculation, not as an announced plan — about a possible special sitting to consider a proposed constitutional amendment linked to implementing the Women's Reservation Act, which reports say could raise the Lok Sabha's strength from 543 seats to a maximum of 850 through delimitation.

Source: Dainik Jagran

The earlier long gaps

Before this year, Parliament's longest unprorogued stretches were 87 days in 2008, 76 days in 1987, 54 days in 1989, 49 days each in 2006 and 2013, and 41 days in 1963, according to the records cited by Dainik Jagran. In 2008, the Lok Sabha reconvened on July 21 and 22 for a no-confidence motion against the then UPA government, and the session was kept open until the House met again in October.

Source: Dainik Jagran

The Monsoon session itself had commenced on July 20, 2026, and was adjourned sine die on August 13 after 19 sittings spread over 25 days, during which 12 Bills were passed by both Houses, the Press Information Bureau said in its end-of-session release.

Source: Press Information Bureau (PIB)