RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary in a tweet took a dig at CJI NV Ramana and asked, "What freebies does the CJI get?". The remarks came after the Supreme Court said electoral freebies was a serious issue but it cannot ban political parties for it.
The Supreme Court on Thursday made it clear that while it will examine the issue of political parties promising freebies before elections, it will not enter into the prayer to deregister political parties for the same.
Senior advocate Vikas Singh, who appeared for petitioner Ashwini Upadhyay, sought a direction from the top court that convicted parliamentarians and legislators, former and sitting, should be disqualified and banned for life from contesting elections to Parliament or assemblies.
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