The Congress, on Wednesday, September 26, said it will move the Supreme Court if the Narendra Modi government attempts to bring amendments to the Aadhaar Act as money bill to bypass the Rajya Sabha.

The party also hailed the judgment as a big victory and said the decision to strike down the Modi government’s “surveillance tool” will put an end to the government’s “abuse of power”.

“This is an important verdict because the Aadhaar Act will have to be amended in the coming days. At that time, the same Finance Minister and the Speaker would say it is a money bill. If that happens, I assure you we will move the court,” Congress leader Kapil Sibal said.

“The way the government has bypassed the Rajya Sabha, we won't accept that. We will again move the Supreme Court and plead that the amendments should not be routed as money bill. We will ask for the present verdict (saying Aadhaar was a money bill) to be referred to a 7-Judge bench,” said Sibal, who is also a senior Supreme Court lawyer.