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The Supreme Court connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said determination is thing incorrect successful the authorities of the time ascertaining caste arsenic portion of the nationwide census exercise.
“Any authorities of the time indispensable cognize however galore radical are backward and however galore request welfare. This is simply a substance of policy,” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, heading a three-judge Bench, said.
The tribunal was responding to a plea filed by petitioner-in-person Sudhakar Gummula that caste enumeration should not beryllium made portion of the Census 2027.
“There are endless possibilities of politicians and firm entities misusing the caste data. There is nary justification for gathering specified a ample tract of information connected caste,” Mr. Gummula submitted.
The Chief Justice said it was not wrong the court’s domain to determine whether a caste enumeration should needfully beryllium a portion oregon not of Census 2027.
“This contented exclusively comes wrong the argumentation domain,” the CJI said earlier the tribunal dismissed the petition.
The Cabinet Committee connected Political Affairs had decided to see caste enumeration successful the Census 2027 successful a gathering held successful April past year. Since then, caste enumeration has emerged arsenic a large diagnostic of the Census 2027.
Until the 2011 Census, the workout had lone included the systematic enumeration of lone Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
The authorities had informed connected the level of the Parliament astir the incorporation of the caste enumeration successful the 2nd signifier of Census 2027. The signifier 1 progressive the postulation of the House Listing Operation (HLO) accusation regarding lodging conditions, assets, amenities, etc, of each household.
The 2nd phase, Population Enumeration, would impact the postulation of demographic, socio-economic, taste and different details.
Former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar had said that “thoughtfully collected caste information would beryllium an instrumentality of integration, similar an MRI of the body”.
The past broad nationwide caste census successful India was conducted successful assemblage India successful 1931.
