📌 Why in News?
Context: The Rajya Sabha passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, increasing the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court judges from 34 to 38 (including the CJI). However, its passage as a Money Bill sparked renewed debate over the executive’s use of this route to bypass full legislative scrutiny in the Rajya Sabha. A Money is a specific category of financial legislation in that deals exclusively with matters such as taxation, government expenditure, borrowing, and the appropriation of funds from the **Consolidated Fund **of .