For caste census, mere self-declaration cannot be enough: SC Appearing for social activist Akash Goel, advocate Mukta Gupta told a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi that the directorate of census operations, which has commenced preparatory work for Census 2027, has not disclosed “any predetermined criteria or standardised methodology” for recording caste identity of people belonging to SC, ST and OBC categories during census. #Justice_Joymalya #Surya_Kant #Joymalya_Bagchi #Akash_Goel #Mukta_Gupta #CJI_Surya #advocate_Mukta #activist_Akash #Gupta_told #OBC_categories
‘Vague, capable of misuse’: SC stays new UGC rules amid uproar — key quotes A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notices to the Centre and the UGC on the pleas challenging the regulation. The new UGC regulations, notified on January 23, were challenged by various petitioners as being arbitrary, exclusionary, discriminatory and in violation of the Constitution as well as the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. #Chief_Justice #Justice_Surya #Justice_Joymalya #Surya_Kant #Joymalya_Bagchi #Bagchi_issued #amid_uproar #key_quotes #UGC_rules #rules_amid
