Cong to move SC again on passage of Aadhaar law as money bill

September 26, 2018 19:02

The Congress on Wednesday said it will approach the apex court to reconsider the plea against passage of the Aadhaar legislation as a money bill.

The opposition party said by scrapping the 'draconian' Section 57 and the national security exception in the Aadhaar Act, the Supreme Court firmly put an end to a 'mass surveillance exercise' being carried out under the guise of Aadhaar by the central government and the 'grotesque distortion' of an idea conceived by the previous United Progressive Alliance dispensation.

Congress leader Kapil Sibal also expressed satisfaction over exclusion of private companies from Aadhaar project and said the idea to involve private companies was not just 'undemocratic' but was against the spirit of democracy.

The Congress party and its leader Jairam Ramesh had challenged the passage of the bill in the House as Money Bill.

"We will approach a seven-judge bench to consider this verdict again as this is clearly not a Money Bill," he said.

Sibal said the party will certainly move the court if amendments in the Aadhaar Act to be brought after this verdict are not brought in Rajya Sabha for discussion.

"If the government does not bring the Act to the Rajya Sabha for amendments, we will definitely move the Supreme Court," he told reporters.

The former Union minister alleged that the law violates fundamental right to privacy and is a gross abuse of the Money Bill route. -- PTI

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