Election freebies: Supreme Court refers matter to three-judge bench

Friday, 26 August 2022newsdesk

The Supreme Court on Friday directed that its 2013 judgment by a two-judge bench in the case S Subramaniam Balaji vs State of TN that held that the “state distributing largesse in the form of distribution of colour TVs, laptops, etc.

New Delhi, 26 August 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, to eligible and deserving persons is directly related to the directive principles of the State policy” be listed before a three-judge bench for a relook. Taking up petitions demanding a ban on freebies, a three-judge bench presided by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said “looking at the complexity of the issues involved, and the prayer to overrule the judgement rendered by two-judge bench of this court in S Subramaniam Balaji, we direct listing of this set of petitions before a three-judge bench after obtaining the order from the Hon’ble Chief Justice”. The court had earlier hinted at setting up a committee to go into the issue and make recommendations.

Source - The Indian Express