New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday deprecated the practice of announcing freebies prior to elections, and said people were not willing to work as they were getting free ration and money.
The observations came from a bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih which was hearing a matter concerning the right to shelter of homeless persons in urban areas.
“Unfortunately, because of these freebies… the people are not willing to work. They are getting free rations. They are getting amount without doing any work,” Justice Gavai observed.
