New Delhi, July 15 (Reporter) The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider the plea requesting the establishment of a constitutional bench to hear petitions challenging the validity of passing laws like the Aadhaar Act as money bills, allegedly to bypass the Rajya Sabha. On the request of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who is also the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra agreed that this matter needs consideration. A money bill is legislation that can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha. The Rajya Sabha cannot amend or reject a money bill, it can only make recommendations, which the lower house may choose to accept or ignore. When Advocate Sibal, earlier in the day, mentioned before CJI DY Chandrachud-led bench that the laws are being passed by the government in the garb of money bills , the CJI said, “When I form Constitution Benches I will see.” To this, Sibal replied, it is already on the list. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi also said that the pleadings in the case are already done Senior Advocate Indira Jai Singh also appeared for the case and said there is an LIC issue as well relating to money bills. The CJI then agreed and said, we will list it. “I will take the call when I form the Constitution Benches,” the CJI said. The Chief Justice had earlier announced that a seven-judge bench Constitutional Bench would be constituted to address the issue of the validity of passing laws like the Aadhaar Act as money bills. This decision aims to resolve the controversy surrounding money bills, following the government’s introduction of legislation like the Aadhaar Act and amendments to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as money bills. This approach of the government was to circumvent the Rajya Sabha, where the government did not hold a majority at the time...////...