Congress leader Jairam’s plea on Aadhaar Bill: Supreme Court seeks AG’s view

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“We will like to have the views of Attorney General (Mukul Rohtagi),” a bench led by Chief Justice T S Thakur said when senior advocate P Chidambaram sought issuance of notice on the plea of the Congress leader. Chidambaram contended that treating the Aadhaar Bill as a money bill was unconstitutional. The bench fixed the matter for hearing on May 10. However, it did not issue a notice on Ramesh’s plea on Monday.

Once the Lok Sabha passes a money bill ,with or without amendments recommended by the Rajya Sabha, it is deemed to have been passed by both the Houses. It is generally believed that the Speaker’s discretion is final in the matter.

But in his petition, Ramesh has said that Aadhaar cannot be a money bill under constitutional provisions since the Act contains many provisions that do not pertain to matters described as admissible under a money bill. He added that the introduction of the Act as a money bill is a brazen and malafide attempt to bypass the approval of the Rajya Sabha.

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