Bihar authorities’s caste-based survey as soon as once more confronted a authorized hurdle because the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a recent plea against the survey in the state. The apex courtroom will take up the plea on April 28.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha took observe of the submission of an advocate looking for an pressing listening to of the matter.
The lawyer informed the bench that the caste survey started on April 15 and is scheduled to finish on May 15. The bench mentioned it will publish the matter for listening to on April 28.
The apex courtroom on January 20 had refused to entertain a batch of pleas difficult the Bihar authorities’s resolution to conduct a caste survey in the state. It had mentioned there isn’t a advantage in the petitions and dismissed them with liberty to the petitioners to strategy the excessive courtroom involved.
Bihar CM praises caste-based survey
Supporting the Congress’ demand for an up-to-date caste census in the nation, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday mentioned it will be helpful for all sections of the society.
The survey report would assist the federal government in higher implementation of welfare schemes for the socially and economically deprived teams, the chief minister mentioned.
“We have been in favour of the caste census proper from the very starting. When the central authorities refused to achieve this, we determined to conduct the caste survey on our personal. It is occurring in the state.
The train will present knowledge to the federal government for finishing up works for the good thing about weaker sections of the society”, Kumar informed reporters.
Second part of caste survey underway
The month-long second part of caste headcount is underway in Bihar from April 15 to May 15. The enumeration train, which began from January 7, will likely be accomplished by May. The Congress is the alliance companion of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance) authorities in Bihar.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 16 demanding an up-to-date caste census, saying significant social justice and empowerment programmes are incomplete in the absence of such a knowledge.
Addressing a rally in Katnataka’s Kolar, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday dared Prime Minister Modi to launch the 2011 caste-based census knowledge in the general public area and likewise demanded the 50 per cent cap on reservation be eliminated.
The 50 per cent ceiling refers to Supreme Court judgements stating that the general reservation in authorities jobs and schooling for varied communities mustn’t breach the mark though there are exceptions with some states crossing the determine.
“The numbers from the caste census in 2011 were not made available, after which it was found that it was not done properly. We started demanding that it be done properly. All parties in Bihar had the same view when we decided to have a caste-based survey and it is currently being conducted in the state,” the chief minister mentioned.
The Congress-led-UPA regime had compiled the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) in 2011. The reviews from the census have been revealed besides that of the caste knowledge.
“The ongoing caste survey is a good initiative taken by the grand alliance_ government. Data related to people’s economic status and their caste will be collected during the headcount so that the state government can know how many people are poor and what sort of steps should be taken to bring them into the mainstream”, Kumar mentioned.
People will likely be massively benefited after recognition of their financial standing, whether or not they belong to the higher caste, backward caste or extraordinarily weaker sections of society, he mentioned.
The resolution to conduct a caste survey was taken by the Bihar Cabinet on June 2, 2022. Resolutions in help of a caste census had been unanimously handed by the bicameral legislature in Bihar twice, in 2019 and 2020. An all-party delegation from the state had additionally met the Prime Minister in this regard.
(With PTI enter)
