Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 762 · Decided 7 November 2014
Census Commissioner & Others v. R. Krishnamurthy
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 762 · [2014] 11 S.C.R. 463
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9996/2014
- Decided
- 7 November 2014
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, R.F. NARIMAN, UDAY UMESH LALIT (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
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 bound manner so as to achieve the goal of social justice in its true sense - Census D 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
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