New Delhi, May 20: A caveat was today filed in the Supreme Court against the Centre which is expected to file a Special Leave Petition challenging the Madras High Court direction for conduct of a caste-based census in the country.
A caveat is an application moved by a person pleading that the court shall not pass any order until he/she is heard in the matter.
In the present case, petitioners R Krishnamurthy and P Emmanuel Prakasam, both advocates from Tamil Nadu have filed the caveat anticipating that the union government would seek a stay of the Madras High Court order.
The Madras High Court had recently directed the union government to conduct caste-wise census on a PIL filed by the advocates who had contented that it was essential to ensure that reservation benefits accrued to deserving beneficiaries on the basis of the latest data.
–Agencies