SANGRAM MISHRA Free and fair election constitutes the cardinal principle for the efficacy of a democratic system. Any bottleneck or hindrance to such a concept and its actualization is not only anathematic but vitiates the system as well as its process to make the principle of rule by the people a sham or a fiasco.
SC on freebies: Senior advocate Vikas Singh, representing the petitioner, submitted that a retired judge of the apex court, like Justice R.M. Lodha, should be the chairman of the committee to examine freebies issues.
The case before the Supreme Court on freebies promised by political parties before elections will now be heard by a Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud.