Coming out against the government policy of subsidies to pilgrims going for Haj to the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia every year, an apex court bench of Justices Aftab Alam and R.P. Desai also cut the strength of the goodwill delegation sent by the government from 30 to two.

The court said that the goodwill delegation sent by the government every year to Makkah would comprise only two members - its leader and the deputy leader.