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Census Commissioner & Others v. R. Krishnamurthy

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Reported as [2014] 11 S.C.R. 463
Bench Dipak Misra, Rohinton Fali Nariman and Uday Umesh Laut JJ.
Decided 7 November 2014

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Administrative law: c Policy decision - In an earlier writ petition regarding the appointment and reservation for Scheduled Tribe, the High Court passed directions to the Census Department to take all such measures towards conducting the caste-wise census in the country at the earliest and in a time bound manner so as to achieve the goal of social justice in its true sense - Census Department was not arrayed as a party in that writ petition - In the instant writ petition, the High Court referred to the said directions and allowed the writ petition - Held: High Court had travelled beyond the

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