New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The Supreme Court has flagged the distribution of freebies, saying that because of these freebies, people are not willing to work. "Unfortunately, because of these freebies, the people are not willing to work. They are getting free rations and money without doing any work! Because of these freebies, people do not want to work," remarked Justice B R Gavai from his "personal experiences" as the Bench was dealing with a petition raising the lack of sufficient number of night shelters to house the urban homeless in the national capital.

"Rather than permitting them to be a part of the mainstream society by contributing to the development of the nation, are we not creating a class of parasites?" further remarked Justice ...