The Supreme Court today said it would hear on October 3 a plea by Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year jail term in the sensational 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, raising the issue of denial of remission benefit to him.
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The hearing in the challenge to the Bihar caste survey today saw the Supreme Court highlight the deep roots of caste system as an institution in the east Indian State.
The Supreme Court on Friday, while hearing a challenge against the Bihar government s caste-based survey, questioned whether the right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution would be affected.
The Supreme Court has stated that it cannot prevent the Bihar from publishing the findings of caste survey unless there is a violation of constitutional rights. | Latest News India