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The Supreme Court today refused to restrain the Bihar government from publishing further data from its caste survey, saying that it would be wrong to stop a state from making a policy decision.<\/p>\n
The court rejected the objections of the petitioners that the state government has preempted the stay order by publishing some data and demanded that a complete stay should be ordered on further publication of data.<\/p>\n
Justice Sanjeev Khanna told the petitioners that the High Court order is very details on why the data is necessary for policy making.<\/p>\n
“The data is now public. So what do you want from us now?” the bench asked the petitioners.<\/p>\n
On October 2, the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar released findings of its caste survey, months ahead of the 2024 Parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n
The census revealed that that 36% of the state’s 13.1 crore-strong population belongs to Extremely Backward Classes, 27.1% to Backward Classes, 19.7% to Scheduled Castes, and 1.7% to Scheduled Tribes. The general population accounts for 15.5%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n