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The Union government on Wednesday, September 24, told the Karnataka High Court that the Socio-Economic and Academic Survey, commonly referred to as the caste survey, was nothing but a “census cloaked as a survey”.

Appearing for the Union government, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Arvind Kamath argued that under the constitutional scheme, only the Union government is empowered to carry out a census, which is the single authoritative exercise to process and secure such data.

A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Joshi heard the petitions filed by groups including the Rajya Vokkaliga Sangha and the Akhila Bharata Brahmana Mahasabha.

They have challenged the process being conducted by the Karnataka State Ba

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