A privileged motion is a motion in parliamentary procedure that is granted precedence over ordinary business because it concerns matters of great importance or urgency. Such motions are not debatable, although in case of questions of privilege, the chair may feel the need to elicit relevant facts from members.

According to Robert's Rules of Order, the privileged motions are, in order of precedence:

The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure omits motion number 1 listed above, instead providing that the motion to adjourn may be amended with regard to the time to which to adjourn; and also omits motion number 5, on the grounds that any member may raise a point of order if the scheduled order of business is not being followed.

A member of Indian legislatures—either the federal Parliament of India or the Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad in the states and territories—may raise a question involving a breach of privilege either of a member or of the Council or of a Committee with the consent of the Chairman.

Ram Kadam is an elected MLA of the regional party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in October 2009 Maharashtra Assembly elections. MNS was the party founded by Raj Thackeray in March 2006.

Ram Kadam was the winning candidate from Ghatkopar(West), Mumbai constituency.

The first-time MLA of MNS party (which itself had contested the assembly elections for the first-time in October 2009) was suspended for 4 years from the assembly on the opening day of the functioning. This suspension was for the unruly protest in the house, opposing Abu Asim Azmi of Samajwadi Party taking the oath in Hindi. It was reported and shown on TV-footage that Ram Kadam slapped and punched Abu Asim Azmi in the house. Three other MLAs of MNS party were also suspended for 4 years. They were Vasant Gite, Ramesh Wanjale and Shishir Shinde. Ramesh Wanjale died due to massive heart attack on Friday, 10 June 2011.

An FIR was filed against Ram Kadam for abusing and threatening a policeman on 8 December 2011. Kadam was at Vie Lounge in Juhu at 2:30 am past the 1:30 am closing time set by the government. When policemen on duty came to shut the lounge down, Kadam became abusive and soon went to the police station where he continued to misbehave.

Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Texas's 14th congressional district, which includes Galveston, since 1997, and a three-time candidate for President of the United States, as a Libertarian in 1988 and as a Republican in 2008 and currently 2012. He is an outspoken critic of American foreign and monetary policies, including the Military–industrial complex and the Federal Reserve, and is known for his libertarian-leaning views, often differing from his own party on certain issues.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Paul is a graduate of Gettysburg College and Duke University School of Medicine, where he earned his medical degree. He served as a medical officer in the United States Air Force from 1963 until 1968. He worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist from the 1960s to the 1980s, delivering more than 4,000 babies. He became the first Representative in history to serve concurrently with a child in the Senate when his son Rand Paul was elected to the United States Senate for Kentucky in 2010.