Supreme Court on Monday decided to see whether introducing Aadhaar scheme as a Money Bill in Parliament was constitutionally valid. The government opposed a petition by former Union minister Jairam Ramesh challenging the action while lawyer P Chidambaram told the bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar that the provision for Money Bill is being misused frequently by the government.
Both Chidambaram, representing Congress’s Ramesh, and attorney general Mukul Rohtagi cited earlier constitution bench decisions that have gone into the issue. Rohtagi said, "The court cannot review the ruling of the Speaker (of Lok Sabha), whether it is procedural or