Image source: rajyasabha.nic.in On the pivotal day of April 3 rd in 1952, Rajya Sabha was constituted for the first time and ever since the day has been commemorated as Rajya Sabha Day. This year has bee n no different with politicians and constitutional functionaries reminding the nation of the importance of Council of States. What is different this year was that the Attorney General, a day before, was arguing before the Supreme Court that Finance Act, 2017 has been rightly passed as a Money Bill. The manner of passage of the Bill in 2017 led to sharp criticism against the government. Commentators went on to accuse the government of turning the constitution on its head to evade Rajya Sabha's scrutiny. To understand the scenario wholly, the position of Money Bill vis-à-vis Rajya Sabha has to be understood first. Under the conventional setup, for any Bill to become an Act, it has to pass through both the Houses of Parliament. In our parliamentary setup, Rajya Sa