The Supreme Court dismisses plea against caste census, refusing to interfere with the government’s plan to gather caste data in the upcoming national census. The court said it found no strong legal grounds to stop the exercise and declined to entertain the petition.
The Supreme Court dismisses plea against caste census after hearing arguments from the petitioner, who had asked the court to direct the central government to halt the proposed caste-based enumeration. The petition also suggested policies that would encourage families to have only one child, but the bench did not accept the request.
During the hearing, the bench questioned the language used in the petition. The judges criticized the tone and observed that the plea did not present convincing legal arguments. As a result, the court decided not to proceed further with the case.
The upcoming 2027 census is expected to be important. It will be India’s first fully digital census and could include detailed caste data after many decades.
Experts believe that collecting such information may help policymakers design better welfare programmes and improve social justice policies in the future.
