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India News: The Supreme Court of India has decided to hear the case regarding the caste census in Bihar on October 6. The Bihar Government has already published t

The Supreme Court of India has said that it will take up for hearing on October 6 the matter of the caste census in Bihar after the petitioner's lawyer

Among the petitioners are organizations like Ek Soch Ek Prayas and Youth for Equality, who have contested the legality and authority of the caste-based survey.

Justice Oka also said the court will have to see if what is being done is indeed a census in the name of a survey.

The union government also filed a brief affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that Census Act, 1948, empowers only the Centre to conduct a census.

On a plea challenging the Patna high court’s August 1 order giving the go-ahead for a caste survey, the bench noted that it was yet to go through the affidavit submitted by the Centre | Latest News India

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing in a batch of pleas doubting the constitutionality of the caste-based survey conducted by the Bihar government last month. A bench of Justices...

The last data on the caste composition is found in the 1931 census, nine decades ago. In 1941, though caste was enumerated, the report wasn’t published  

Responding to a PIL in the Supreme Court on the subject of the Bihar government’s decision to carry out a caste survey in the state, GOI categorically stated that the census process is governed by...

The Bihar caste survey debate has now intensified, with the Centre now issuing an affidavit saying that only the Centre is allowed to conduct such a survey.