Synopsis: During a hearing on Tuesday of a batch of petitions challenging the legality of the ongoing Social-Educational Survey in Karnataka, the State told the court that it was not a “caste census” and that calling it such was a “misrepresentation”. Petitioners argued that linking caste data with personal identifiers violated the right to privacy, while the State maintained that participation was voluntary and that the data was essential for rational policy-making.

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday, 23 September, heard a batch of petitions questioning the legality of the Karnataka Social-Educational Survey (caste census) and seeking an interim plea to stay the exercise.

The survey, the second such in a decade, began on Monday and is being conducted by the Karnataka State Commissio

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