The June 2026 rupture in India's Trinamool Congress have left many questioning the efficacy of India's anti-defection law. Contained in the Tenth Schedule to the Indian Constitution, it was enacted with the aim to tackle the problem of perennial political defections within India. The law, however, was passed in haste, rushed through two Houses and lacked any national consensus. It left some major vacuums which allowed the judiciary to tweak the law to suit varying societal temperaments. .