New Delhi, June 10 -- After his 'reciprocal' tariffs, it's now Donald Trump's fee for H-1B visas that has been struck down by a US court. A federal court ruled on Monday that "the substance and application of the $100,000 payment reveal that it is a tax," which must have Congress approval.

No unilateral authority to impose such a tax had been delegated to the executive, the court noted, while recalling the Supreme Court's verdict in the tariffs case to point out that the authority for such an imposition rests with lawmakers.

The Trump administration plans to appeal the ruling, which is not a surprise given the self-righteous approach it has taken on his professed agenda to make his country "great again".

He had argued that these visas ...