Caste Census.
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Expansion
Patna High Court to hear on Monday the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s dream project. the hearing now on tuesday , In this, the side of the government and the petitioner is different from the first line itself. Now the High Court can give a one word decision on this – Stay Granted or Stay Refused. There are two types of things before the bench of Chief Justice Krishnan Vinod Chandran and Justice Madhuresh Prasad.
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side of the government
- Name- This is caste based calculation. This is a kind of survey to find out the real condition of the people of the state.
- Target- To ensure people’s participation in government schemes and facilities, it is necessary to know how many people belong to which caste, what is their educational qualification, income, family prosperity?
argument against
- Name- The government is counting every person by telling caste based calculation. This is a census. The right of census is with the central government.
- Target- The government is dividing the society. This will increase anarchy further. The castes that emerge strong in numbers will suppress those with lesser numbers for supremacy.
case status
- This petition has returned from the Supreme Court for the second time. For the first time, the Supreme Court dismissed it as a matter within the state. The petitioners came to the High Court. Date-by-date, when the date after April 30 was given, then the petitioners again went to the Supreme Court that the date given after the completion of Bihar Caste Census would have no meaning. The Supreme Court, while not commenting on the merits of the petition, said that appeal for early hearing in the High Court, the hearing will be held within three days. Earlier the date was May 04, now the hearing is being held on May 01.
Possibility
- The High Court can order to stop or not to stop the caste based census. In either case, the doors of the Supreme Court will remain open. The petitioners had not earlier approached the Supreme Court through the High Court, so the case was returned. Now, if the High Court rejects the appeal of the petitioners to ban caste-based census, then this side will have the option of going to the Supreme Court. Similarly, if there is a decision against the government, then it can also go to the Supreme Court.
legendary character
- Well-known advocate Mukul Rohatgi is appearing for the petitioner in the Supreme Court. He also has influence on the plea of the petitioner in the Patna High Court. Advocate Aparajita Singh from Supreme Court is with High Court Advocate Dinu Kumar in Patna. On the other hand, Advocate General P.K. keeping royal. Shahi is very close to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. He has also been a minister in the Nitish government.