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QUESTION | What are Money Bills under the Constitution? By which judgment a Constitution Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court upheld the passing of Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 as a Money Bill?
Importance of this question : This concept has been asked several times in various state judicial service exams. Especially recently asked in Madhya Pradesh Judicial Service Exam.
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This question can be divided into 2 parts:
In first part, Discuss the meaning if Money Bills, relevant Article, is it different from financial bills, In which House its introduced, examples of Money Bills.
In second part, Discuss the Judgment by which Aadhaar Act 2016 was upheld and on what grounds.
Answer: Money Bill is defined under Article 110 of the Constitution of India, 1950.
Meaning: Money Bill is a kind of Financial Bill but all financial bills are not Money Bills. The difference is that Money Bills are always introduced in Lok Sabha only. The bills which exclusively deal with financial matters enumerated under Article 110 are Money Bills, for example:
a) Bill for imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax.
b) Appropriation of money outside Consolidated Fund of India
One significant development in this regard made by the Supreme Court includes the judgment delivered by it in the case of Justice K.S Puttaswamy v. Union of India, (2018). In this case, the apex court by 4:1 majority upheld the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 as constitutional. It ruled that the Act empowers disenfranchised sections of society by providing them better access to fundamental entitlements, such as State subsidies. The Court held that the Act was competently passed by Parliament, even though it was passed as a Money Bill. FOR JUDICIAL SERVICE COURSES CLICK HERE