最高法院将听取对政党选举前自由承诺提出的质疑, Supreme Court to hear challenge to political parties' pre-election freebie promises, citing threats to democracy and fair elections.

最高法院将于三月审理一场公众利益诉讼, 质疑政党在选举前承诺「自由自律」, 认为这种做法破坏民主完整性, 扭曲公平竞争, 违反宪法原则。 The Supreme Court will hear in March a public interest litigation challenging political parties' promises of "irrational freebies" before elections, arguing such practices undermine democratic integrity, distort fair competition, and violate constitutional principles. 请求书由Ashwini Updhyaya律师存档,敦促选举委员会撤销作出这种承诺的象征或取消政党的登记,并寻求修正选举规则和立法,禁止由公共资金资助的选举前自由竞选承诺。 Filed by lawyer Ashwini Updhyaya, the plea urges the Election Commission to revoke symbols or deregister parties making such promises, and seeks amendments to election rules and legislation to ban pre-election freebie pledges funded by public money. 法院先前认为这个问题很严重,指出免费预算有时超过政府正常开支,并强调需要在即将举行的州议会选举之前保护选举的公平性。 The court, which previously called the issue serious, noted freebie budgets sometimes exceed regular government spending and emphasized the need to protect electoral fairness ahead of upcoming state assembly elections.