The Bihar Government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that an exercise of conducting surveys of the caste census in Bihar was conducted by August 6.
he Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear on August 18 plea plea challenging Patna High Court judgement upholding the caste survey ordered by the Bihar Government.
Referring to the ruling by the Patna High Court, which has approved the caste census by the Bihar government, the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh said that demand for a similar census in UP was gaining momentum but the ruling BJP was not prepared for it.
The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear on August 14, the plea challenging Patna High Court judgement upholding the caste survey ordered by the Bihar Government.
A petition was moved in the Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the Patna High Court judgement upholding the caste survey ordered by the Bihar Government.
Bihar Government on Wednesday filed a caveat in Supreme Court in matter pertaining to Patna High Court judgement upholding the caste survey ordered by the state government.
Terming the Patna High Court judgement upholding the caste survey ordered by the state government a "historic decision", Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said that his government's fight is to bring the backbenchers of society to the mainstream.
Reacting over the Patna High Court's judgement dismissing the petitions challenging the Bihar government's caste-based survey, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday said that this is not just a decision but a decision for the poor.
A PIL has been filed in the Patna High Court seeking an independent enquiry into the collapse of the Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bihar's Bhagalpur on Sunday.
Janata Dal (United) leaders and workers on Sunday sat on a day-long hunger strike at the Ambedkar statue near the Patna High Court to protest against the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
After the Supreme Court declined to lift the stay order passed by the Patna High Court on the caste-based survey in the Bihar state, Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Prof. Manoj Jha on Friday called the verdict as "a setback for people of the state".