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The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the petition filed by State of Bihar challenging the interim order of the Patna High Court staying Bihar Government’s decision to conduct a caste-based survey...

On May 18, the Supreme Court refused to interfere with Patna High Court’s interim order granting a stay on Nitish Kumar-led Bihar Government’s

The Patna High Court has rejected the Bihar Government’s application seeking preponement of hearing in the plea challenging caste-based survey in the

The Centre for one reason or the other has repeatedly postponed the national decadal census due for release in 2021. Meanwhile, the country is grappling with outdated data based on the 2011 census.

"The State has no power to carry out a caste-based survey, in the manner in which it is fashioned now, which would amount to a census, thus impinging upon the legislative power of the Union...

The Bihar government started its caste-based survey on January 7, estimated to cost Rs 500 crore. The first round was held between January 7 and 21, and the ongoing round began on April 16 and was to end on May 15

Hearing a plea challenging the Bihar Government’s decision to conduct a caste-based census in the State, the Patna Court today, in an interim order, stayed the census.The Court prima facie said that...

Bihar, India: On May 4, the Patna High Court stayed the caste-based census being conducted in Bihar with immediate effect. The Patna High Court reserved

The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea against the Bihar government's decision to conduct a caste-based

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from a PTI