SC Ruling on Freebies promised by political parties in their election manifestos -Friday July 5,2013

Freebies promised by political parties in their election manifestos shake the roots of free and fair polls, the Supreme Court on Friday July 5,2013 said and directed the Election Commission to frame guidelines for regulating contents of manifestos.

A Bench of Justices, P. Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi, said though the election manifesto is published before the code of conduct comes into force, the Commission can make an exception by bringing it within code of conduct.