New Delhi, Aug. 26 (PTI): Freebies are extended utilising taxpayers’ money and may push the State towards “imminent bankruptcy”, the Supreme Court said on Friday, as it directed that the pleas against the practice of political parties promising pre-election handouts be listed before a three-judge bench. Observing that issues raised before it require an “extensive” hearing, the top court said though all promises cannot be equated with freebies as they relate to welfare schemes or measures for the public good, fiscal responsibility cannot be dispensed with under the guise of electoral promises. It said these schemes are not only part of the Directive Principles of State Policy but are also a responsibility of the welfare state. “Freebies may create a situation wherein the State Government cannot provide basic amenities due to lack of funds and the State is pushed towards imminent bankruptcy. In the same breath, we should remember that such freebies are
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The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that the plea against freebies promised by political parties before elections, needs to be heard by a 3-judge bench in view of the complexity of the issue
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