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throws ball in government's court  TNN May 23, 2012, 05.33AM IST
KOCHI: Discretionary power to grant monthly allowance to
housewives is part of the state government's freedom in framing
policies, the Kerala high court has ruled.  Turning down a
public interest litigation by Basil Attipetty seeking allowance
of Rs 1,000 each to housewives, a division bench of acting chief
justice Manjula Chellur and justice A M Shaffique held on
Tuesday that the state government had the freedom to frame
policies and courts could not interfere in the matter.  Further,
the court directed the petitioner that he may approach the
social welfare department with a representation, highlighting
his demand.  In his petition, Basil had contended that
housewives worked for around 20 hours a day but were neither
being paid nor were they able to access social welfare measures
as they were tied up with household work. Therefore, it was the
duty of the government to come up with a