Congress to move court if Aadhaar amendments brought as money bill

After the Supreme Court gave its judgment on Aadhaar, sources in the government said an amendment to the Aadhaar Act was being worked out. The Congress party, meanwhile, made it clear it would move the Supreme Court if the Narendra Modi-led government amends the act by bringing it as a money Bill and bypassing discussions in Rajya Sabha. Congress leader Kapil Sibal said the Congress supported the dissenting judgment by Justice D Y Chandrachud, who said the Aadhaar Act could not have been passed as money Bill as it amounted to a fraud on the Constitution. “We will approach a seven-judge bench to consider this verdict again as this is clearly not a money Bill,” he said. Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the SC upheld that the Aadhaar legislation was a money bill. The government has pushed Aadhaar as a money Bill in 2016, which meant that only Lok Sabha could vote on it. The government continues to be a minority in Rajya Sabha. ALSO READ: What does the Aadhaar verdict mean for investors? Here's a quick take Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said his understanding of the verdict was that the SC had barred private entities like telecom firms from using Aadhaar data in absence of a legislative backing. He said the prohibited areas, like linking with mobile phone numbers, are not perpetually prohibited, but could be procedurally prohibited — indicating the government could bring in a law to this effect.