What happened
In a stern lecture, the Supreme Court has asked the bureaucracy to abandon its 'absolute discretion' fetish. The Court noted that officials were treating the disbursement of sanctioned subsidies as a personal favor rather than a legal duty. The Bench observed that 'bureaucratic lethargy' is the national bird of industrial stagnation, especially when entrepreneurs are left waiting years for funds while officials enjoy the 'sovereign' feeling of never replying to emails.