Dangerous legislative trends are emerging that threaten the effective protection of the rule of law. In India, the role of parliamentarians is being diluted in a number of ways. The role of the Upper House of Indian Parliament (Rajya sabha) in law making, is diluted, by inclusion of non-tax laws in the Finance Bill, and by labeling apparently a non-money bill as a money bill. It seems that in order to get its key legislative proposals enacted as law the government rushed through many amendments in non-tax laws through the route of Finance bill. It also succeeded in getting enacted Aadhar Act as a money bill though apparently Aadhar Act falls in the category of a financial bill. The Constitution of India and parliamentary procedure allows Rajya Sabha to effectively debate and vote on a financial bill. A Money Bill can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha. A Money Bill after being passed by the Lok Sabha is transmitted to the Rajya Sabha. It is the discretion of the Lok Sabha to accept or reject the amendments made by the Rajya Sabha to a money bill. The Aadhar Act, 2016 could have been introduced as a financial bill as its predecessor the National Identification Authority of India bill, 2010 was rightly treated a financial bill.

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印度立法的危险趋势

危险的立法趋势正在出现，威胁到法治的有效保护。在印度，议员的作用正以多种方式被削弱。印度议会上议院 (Rajya sabha) 在立法中的作用因将非税法包含在财政法案中而被淡化，并将明显的非货币法案标记为货币法案。看来，为了让其关键立法提案成为法律，政府通过财政法案的途径匆忙通过了许多非税法修正案。它还成功地将 Aadhar 法案作为货币法案颁布，尽管显然 Aadhar 法案属于金融法案的范畴。印度宪法和议会程序允许 Rajya Sabha 有效地对金融法案进行辩论和投票。金钱法案只能在 Lok Sabha 中提出。众议院通过后的金钱法案被传送到 Rajya Sabha。Lok Sabha 有权决定接受或拒绝 Rajya Sabha 对货币法案所做的修改。2016 年的 Aadhar 法案本可以作为一项金融法案引入，因为其前身印度国家身份识别管理局法案 2010 年被正确对待为一项金融法案。