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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said political parties and candidates cannot be prevented from making promises that aim to eliminate economic and social inequalities as desired by the Directive Principles of the Constitution, but clarified that it must be determined whether a promise qualifies as a welfare measure or a freebie.
A bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices J K Maheshwari and Hima Kohli said these are important issues which could be heard by an expert body for giving a report to the court on mechanism to determine what constituted freebies. “We cannot make this court a public platform to allow each and every stakeholder to come and air their views,” the bench said.
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