"Will Suspend All Freebies Unless...": Supreme Court's Warning To Maharashtra
NDTV
The court said the Maharashtra government had a huge amount to "waste on freebies" but does not have money to compensate a private party which lost land to it "illegally".
The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned the Maharashtra government that it would suspend its freebie schemes unless it pays compensation to a private party whose land was "illegally" occupied by it more than six decades ago.
Coming down heavily on the Maharashtra government, the court said it had a huge amount to "waste on freebies" but does not have money to compensate a private party which lost land to it "illegally".
Observing that Maharashtra's conduct in the matter was not that of a "model state", the court warned it may direct that all the freebie schemes will be suspended until the compensation amount was paid.
