With reference to parliamentary sessions in India, consider the following statements:
1. A session refers to the period spanning from the first meeting of a House to its prorogation or dissolution.
2. The interval between two consecutive sessions of Parliament is referred to as 'recess'.
3. The constitution permits a maximum gap of up to three months between two sessions.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

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Statement 1 is correct as a parliamentary session is the period between the first sitting of a house and its prorogation (or dissolution). Statement 2 is correct because the time gap between the prorogation of one session and the reassembly of the next is called the recess. Statement 3 is incorrect because the maximum permissible gap between two sessions of Parliament is six months, not three months.

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