Supreme Court Disposes Of Bihar Govt's Plea Against Stay On Caste-Based ‘Census’ In View Of Patna HC Reserving Judgment

Awstika Das

21 July 2023 8:07 PM IST

  • Supreme Court Disposes Of Bihar Govts Plea Against Stay On Caste-Based ‘Census’ In View Of Patna HC Reserving Judgment

    The plea against a temporary stay ordered by the Patna High Court while it determined the competence of the state government to conduct the survey has now become infructuous.

    The Supreme Court on Friday disposed of as infructuous a plea against a May 4 order of the Patna High Court issuing an interim stay on the ongoing caste-based survey in Bihar, in view of a division bench of the high court finally hearing the matter and reserving its verdict earlier this month. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra was hearing the plea by the...

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi, and the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, is a Delhi-based lawyer and a multimedia journalist. She works as a special correspondent covering the Indian Supreme Court. She also hosts a weekly legal news round-up segment on YouTube.

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