Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Karol on Wednesday recused from hearing the Bihar Government plea challenging the Patna High Court order putting an interim stay on the caste-based census in the state.
"The high court has rejected the appeal and has given clear directions that a hearing will be held from July 3 and no adjournment will be given," Dinu Kumar, petitioners' advocate on Bihar government's appeal in Patna High Court on the caste-based survey said.
Patna High Court completed the hearing and reserved the verdict on the enumeration of castes and economic survey in Bihar by the state government on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging the Bihar Government's decision to conduct a caste-based survey and census in the state.
After a petition was filed in the Supreme Court against Bihar's government's decision to conduct a caste survey, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday said that it is not a 'caste census but a caste-based census'.
"We welcome the census. It would have been better if the Central government had conducted the caste-based census. Through the caste census, we will know the representation of different communities," Shivanand Tiwari said today while talking to ANI.
As the Nitish Kumar Government in Bihar will go for the first phase of the caste-based survey in the State from today, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said that the survey will give scientific data so that budget and social welfare schemes can be made accordingly.
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 3 (ANI): After the Bihar cabinet approved the caste-based census, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday termed it a "historic step" and said that its a victory for the former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and the people of Bihar.