Who declares a person’s caste in Census 2027, and who checks it? The Supreme Court wants the Union’s standing operating procedure on record before it goes further. New Delhi: Asking the Union government to place before it the standing operating procedure (SOP) followed for data collection under Census 2027, the Supreme Court on Monday heard […]
Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya of the Calcutta High Court has dismissed a writ petition by Tumpa Biswas alias Tumpa Roy questioning Bongaon Police Station FIR No. 703/2026, filed on an advocate’s complaint alleging fraudulent procurement and use of a Scheduled Caste certificate, holding there is no express bar on such a complaint, leaving her to seek pre-arrest bail if she fears arrest.
