New Delhi: Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, a member of the five-judge Supreme Court bench on Aadhar issue, on Wednesday held that the Aadhaar Act cannot be treated as a money bill and passing it as one will be a fraud on the Constitution. "Aadhar cannot be treated as money bill and passing a bill as money bill which is not a money bill is a fraud on the Constitution," he observed in a separate minority judgement.

Justice Chandrachud said the decision of the Lok Sabha Speaker on whether a bill can be treated as money bill can be subjected to judicial review. "Aadhar could not have been brought as money bill. The Speaker cannot take away the powers of the Rajya Sabha, a creation of the Constitution. No power is absolute," he said.