{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Legal Mitra","provider_url":"https:\/\/legalmitra.com","author_name":"Khushboo Sharma","author_url":false,"title":"Between Welfare and Vote Banks: The Supreme Court\u2019s Freebies Warning Legal Mitra","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wl6zVZAP3J\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/freebies-warning\/\">Between Welfare and Vote Banks: The Supreme Court\u2019s Freebies Warning<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/freebies-warning\/embed\/#?secret=wl6zVZAP3J\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Between Welfare and Vote Banks: The Supreme Court\u2019s Freebies Warning&#8221; &#8212; Legal Mitra\" data-secret=\"wl6zVZAP3J\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/legalmitra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RiteBol--scaled.jpg","thumbnail_width":1707,"thumbnail_height":2560,"description":"India\u2019s highest court has asked a question that cuts deeper than fiscal policy \u2014 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"}