Centre submitted before the top court that no other body except the Union Government is entitled to conduct the exercise of either Census or any action akin to the census.
The Centre recently moved the top court seeking permission to intervene in the ongoing hearing in the top court. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted that the issue may have a ramification and the government should be allowed to file its response
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that only it is empowered to conduct a census under the relevant law as the subject falls under the Union list of the Constitution.
The Central Government has filed a fresh affidavit in the Bihar caste survey case withdrawing the earlier affidavit which said "No other body under the Constitution or otherwise is entitled to conduct.
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