The Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 12, urged the Centre to give Kerala a one-time package to tide over its current financial crisis as a “special case” before March 31.
A Bench headed by Justice Surya Kant said the Centre could make up for it in the next financial year by introducing stricter conditions for financial aid to the State.
An initially reluctant Centre, represented by Attorney General R. Venkataramani and Additional Solicitor General N. Venkataraman, who said a “bail-out package is impossible”, relented to discuss the issue with the government and report back to the court on March 13.
