Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Direction To Centre To Stop Caste Census

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today said that the construction industry is evolving into an innovation and technology-driven industry.

The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to stop the caste Census. The bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi dismissed the plea, which also sought a direction to the Centre to formulate policies to provide economic incentives to families with a single child.

On 2nd February, the top court had refused to entertain a separate PIL questioning the procedure to be adopted to record, classify and verify the caste data of citizens in the 2027 general Census. The 2027 Census, officially the 16th national census, will be the first to include comprehensive caste enumeration since 1931, and it will also be the country’s first fully digital census.(UPDATED ON 10TH APRIL 2026)