Census

Attempts by the state to conduct a caste-based census came to naught after the Patna High Court ordered a stay. The power to carry it out is vested with the Parliament which enacted Census Act, 1948.

Supreme Court on Monday, adjourned the hearing on the petition seeking caste census. A bench by Justice Nageswara Rao today said one such petition is pending in another bench as well. The Maharashtra government had already filed a petition in the Supreme Court on the subject of caste census.

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has filed a short reply on a petition filed by the state of Maharashtra seeking Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011 (SECC-2011) with respect to OBCs within state, stating that there were inherent flaws in the manner of conducting Census and therefore

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