1.0Legal Mitrahttps://legalmitra.comKhushboo Sharmarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vX0xcBSjzp"><a href="https://legalmitra.com/index.php/2026/02/19/freebies-warning/">Between Welfare and Vote Banks: The Supreme Court’s Freebies Warning</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://legalmitra.com/index.php/2026/02/19/freebies-warning/embed/#?secret=vX0xcBSjzp" width="600" height="338" title="“Between Welfare and Vote Banks: The Supreme Court’s Freebies Warning” — Legal Mitra" data-secret="vX0xcBSjzp" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://legalmitra.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://legalmitra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/RiteBol--scaled.jpg17072560India’s highest court has asked a question that cuts deeper than fiscal policy — what kind of culture are we building? The provocation is not abstract. It comes from the increasingly familiar spectacle of governments unlocking the treasury just before elections, distributing benefits that look less like policy and more like political confetti. The Supreme