Despite the doubts raised by Somasekhar Sundaresan in his column, “It’s a tug-of-war out there” (April 6), it is worth approaching the Supreme Court to decide the constitutional validity of the government’s move to include certain provisions in a legislation under the garb of a Money Bill to bypass the Rajya Sabha.
Although the Constitution allows the Lok Sabha Speaker alone to decide whether a particular Bill is a Money Bill, the decision should be exercised in tune with the spirit of the provision.
According to the definition of Money Bill under Article 110 of the Constitution, inclusion of matters
