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The government has not got relief from the Supreme Court on the caste enumeration of Bihar. The Supreme Court has refused to stay the High Court’s decision. The court has said that the matter is in the High Court. The hearing is also to be held on July 3. If the High Court does not hear the matter, then we will hear the matter on July 14.
Presenting his side in the Supreme Court on behalf of the government, the lawyer said that 80 percent of the counting work has been completed. That’s why we should be given 10 more days by rejecting the order of the High Court. On this, the Supreme Court said that we have to see whether this is a survey or a census. How will the government protect the data.
The issue arose in the Supreme Court that the government was doing the counting through video conferencing. The court said that this is a serious issue. How are you protecting people’s data? The court also asked the name of the agency.
The bench of two judges said that wait for the hearing in the High Court. The Supreme Court said that after the final decision of the High Court, the court will see whether to hear it or not. If for any reason the hearing of the writ petition does not commence before the next date, we will hear the matter.
The Patna High Court has stayed the caste census in Bihar.
Please tell that the bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Rajesh Bindal is hearing the matter. Justice Sanjay Karol recused himself from the two-judge bench hearing the matter in the Supreme Court yesterday. After which the matter was again sent to the Chief Justice, so that a new bench could be constituted.
In fact, the Bihar government has challenged that order of the Patna High Court in the Supreme Court. The order in which the Patna High Court has banned the survey of caste census being done in Bihar.
