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[ad_1] Justice UU Lalit and wife Amita, with their sons and daughters-in-law.New Delhi: As the 49th Chief Justice of India, Uday Umesh Lalit will have no dearth of challenges — from key constitutional questions to appointment of judges — but he will have a century of personal legacy, too, to draw upon.The Lalit family from Maharashtra has 102 years and counting. His grandfather, Ranganath Lalit, was a lawyer in Solapur much before India's independence. On Saturday, when Justice UU Lalit takes oath as CJI, three generations will be present. His 90-year-old father, Umesh Ranganath Lalit, will be among the audience. The veteran served as a high court judge after a long career as an advocate in his home state. Also present will be Justice Lalit's wife Amita Lalit, who runs a school in Noida,...

[ad_1] New Delhi: Freebies are extended utilising taxpayers' money and may push the State towards "imminent bankruptcy", the Supreme Court said on Friday, as it directed that the pleas against the practice of political parties promising pre-election handouts be listed before a three-judge bench. Observing that issues raised before it require an "extensive" hearing, the top court said though all promises cannot be equated with freebies as they relate to welfare schemes or measures for the public good, fiscal responsibility cannot be dispensed with under the guise of electoral promises. It said these schemes are not only part of the Directive Principles of State Policy but are also a responsibility of the welfare state."Freebies may create a situation wherein the State Government cannot pr...

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