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Supreme Court Won’t Stop Bihar From Publishing Further Data On Caste Survey


New Delhi:

The Supreme Court docket at present refused to restrain the Bihar authorities from publishing additional information from its caste survey, saying that it might be unsuitable to cease a state from making a coverage choice.

The courtroom rejected the objections of the petitioners that the state authorities has preempted the keep order by publishing some information and demanded {that a} full keep ought to be ordered on additional publication of knowledge.

Justice Sanjeev Khanna advised the petitioners that the Excessive Court docket order could be very particulars on why the info is important for coverage making.

“The information is now public. So what would you like from us now?” the bench requested the petitioners.

On October 2, the Nitish Kumar authorities in Bihar launched findings of its caste survey, months forward of the 2024 Parliamentary elections.

The census revealed that that 36% of the state’s 13.1 crore-strong inhabitants belongs to Extraordinarily Backward Lessons, 27.1% to Backward Lessons, 19.7% to Scheduled Castes, and 1.7% to Scheduled Tribes. The final inhabitants accounts for 15.5%.


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