What’s wrong with asking caste, asks Telangana HC
4 years, 5 months ago

What’s wrong with asking caste, asks Telangana HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday asked petitioners what was wrong in asking for caste information while entering the agriculture and non-agriculture property details in the Dharani portal. The government says it will protect your personal details and ensure that it will not be accessed by others.” The bench was dealing with a PIL filed by I. Gopal Sharma, who raised objections on being forced to indicate his caste while give property details. Further, Reddy informed the bench that the Supreme Court, in Puttuswamy said that any government can elicit personal information viz., caste details etc. The court adjourned the PIL to November 3, 2020, recorded the statement made by Prasad that there was no timeframe to enter the data into the Dharani portal and the data will be protected and issued notices to the chief secretary, special chief secretary of the registration and stamps department, principal secretary, municipal administration, secretary, panchayat raj and rural development, commissioner and inspector general of registrations and stamps and the commissioner, GHMC, directing them to file their replies to the contentions raised by the petitioner.

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Telangana Caste Survey 2025: Data Transparency, Political Clashes, and the Future of BC Reservations
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Telangana Caste Survey 2025: Data Transparency, Political Clashes, and the Future of BC Reservations

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 11, 2025 12:52 IST - 13 MINS READ The Telangana government’s landmark caste survey has rekindled a discourse on social justice measures and reservation while simultaneously triggering intense political fights over who truly represents the interests of the backward classes in the State. “The BJP is fundamentally opposed to a caste census, and BRS leaders, including K. …

Telangana pushes for nationwide socio-economic, caste survey
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Telangana pushes for nationwide socio-economic, caste survey

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The state Legislative Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution calling upon the Union government to follow the Telangana model and conduct a “socio-economic, educational, employment, political and caste survey” to understand the dynamics of various castes. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy also announced that February 4 would be observed as “Telangana Social Justice Day” as it was on …

Caste survey: Telangana CM says data privacy issues restrained govt. from revealing individual info
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Caste survey: Telangana CM says data privacy issues restrained govt. from revealing individual info

The Hindu  

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy expressed his readiness to place the operative details of the comprehensive Socio, Economic, Employment, Educational, Political and Caste survey but said there are constraints in making public the fourth volume of the survey, which deals with details of individuals. The Chief Minister said the restrictions imposed by Data Privacy did not allow the government …

Telangana govt to debate caste survey report in House today
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Telangana govt to debate caste survey report in House today

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: All eyes are on the Legislature special session on Tuesday, where the government will table, debate, and approve the reports of the caste census, the dedicated commission on Backward Classes quota in local polls, and the one on sub-categorisation of Scheduled Caste community groups. The state government first wants to use dedicated commission data to enhance reservations for BCs …

Caste Census Takes-off Amid Public Reluctance to Share all Information
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Caste Census Takes-off Amid Public Reluctance to Share all Information

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government launched its caste census on Saturday, with enumerators visiting households across the state to collect detailed information from the family members. In an attempt to address public concerns, the government directed district collectors to conduct awareness sessions clarifying the purpose and scope of the census. Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who also oversees the planning …

Telangana: Caste census data will be kept confidential, Bhatti assures
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: Caste census data will be kept confidential, Bhatti assures

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said that all information gathered from the people for the caste census will be kept confidential. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Vikramarka said that the findings from the caste census would be made public as soon as the survey concludes, in contrast to the Samagra Kutumba survey conducted by the BRS …

Key Meeting on Caste Census to be Held Today in Telangana
5 months ago

Key Meeting on Caste Census to be Held Today in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

The Telangana government will conduct a caste census starting November 6, 2023, with a deadline of November 30. The census will collect information about family members, assets, caste and sub-caste, education, employment, political representation, and the benefits received through government reservations. The data will be made public, unlike the 2014 Samagra Kutumba Survey (SKS), which was not shared with the …

PIL on ‘no religion, no caste’ in school forms disposed
5 months, 1 week ago

PIL on ‘no religion, no caste’ in school forms disposed

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: A bench of the Telangana High Court, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J Sreenivas Rao, disposed of a public interest litigation filed by DV Ramakrishna Rao seeking directions to the authorities to include ‘no religion’ and ‘no caste’ options in official documentation, including school admission forms. In its affidavit, the School Education department clarified that parents and …

HC Seeks TS' Response On 'No Religion- No Caste' Option In Records
1 year, 1 month ago

HC Seeks TS' Response On 'No Religion- No Caste' Option In Records

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday asked the state government’s response in a PIL which sought directions to the government to not demanding the social identity of persons who did not want to state their religion and caste in public records, where it is otherwise mandatory. It said that in such cases, the authorities were recording it as ‘Religion …

Bihar caste survey | No Supreme Court stay on publication of data
1 year, 7 months ago

Bihar caste survey | No Supreme Court stay on publication of data

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the uploading of data collected in the recently concluded Bihar caste-based survey while debunking claims that the Nitish Kumar government has violated the fundamental right to privacy by compelling people to reveal their caste. Vaidyanathan, who appeared for the NGO, Youth for Equality, against the survey, said that people could not be …

Caste' clause in Kanti Velugu applications draw flak
2 years ago

Caste' clause in Kanti Velugu applications draw flak

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Applications for the state government’s ongoing Kanti Velugu programme, which facilitates free eye test and medical aid and facilities, has a clause that mandates mention of the applicant’s caste. This ‘caste’ clause has drawn flak from several quarters as the initiative is applicable to all sections of people. Incidentally, the intention of the ongoing programme, which started on January …

98% of the caste data is error-free: Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India told parliamentary panel in 2016
3 years, 6 months ago

98% of the caste data is error-free: Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India told parliamentary panel in 2016

The Hindu  

The Union government last week told the Supreme Court that the caste data enumerated in the Socio-Economic Caste Census of 2011 was “unusable”, but in 2016, the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India had informed the Standing Committee on Rural Development that 98.87% of the data on individual caste and religion was “error free”. In its report analysing the …

Won't Insist On Submission Of Aadhaar Details & Caste Declaration For Non-Agri Property Registration: State Govt. Tells Telangana HC
4 years, 3 months ago

Won't Insist On Submission Of Aadhaar Details & Caste Declaration For Non-Agri Property Registration: State Govt. Tells Telangana HC

Live Law  

The Government of Telangana on Thursday submitted before the Telangana High Court that it won't insist on submission of Aadhaar Details & Caste Declaration for non-agricultural property registration process. This submission by the Telangana Government was made while seeking clarification from the Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B.Vijaysen Reddy as to whether the Court had, in …

We never stopped land registration, Telangana government tells High Court
4 years, 3 months ago

We never stopped land registration, Telangana government tells High Court

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday raised eyebrows over the arguments of the K. Chandrashekar Rao-led government, when it tried to argue that it was unable to restart registrations of non-agriculture properties in the state due to the interim orders issued by the High Court. The Telangana state government argued that it had stopped registrations of non-agricultural lands in …

Mandating Aadhaar for agricultural property registration illegal: PILs in HC
4 years, 4 months ago

Mandating Aadhaar for agricultural property registration illegal: PILs in HC

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court was informed on Monday that insisting on Aadhaar details for registration of both agriculture and non- agriculture properties was not backed by any law. Kondam Vivek Reddy, counsel for the petitioner, who challenged the decision of the state government to collect Aadhaar and caste details of the property owners and their family members put forward …

Aadhaar, caste optional when uploading non-agricultural property details on Dharani
4 years, 4 months ago

Aadhaar, caste optional when uploading non-agricultural property details on Dharani

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government told the Telangana High Court that mentioning the owner’s Aadhaar and caste details was optional when the details of non-agriculture property is being entered on the Dharani portal. This was stated in an affidavit of Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, filed in response to the High Court asking the government under which law the details were being …

Telangana HC Directs State Not To Insist Aadhaar For Uploading Property Details In Dharani Portal [Read Order]
4 years, 4 months ago

Telangana HC Directs State Not To Insist Aadhaar For Uploading Property Details In Dharani Portal [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has directed the State not to insist on uploading of Aadhaar details vis-i-vis the agricultural land details being placed by the people on Dharani Portal.The bench comprising the Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy passed the interim order in petitions challenging the collection of Aadhaar Card numbers from the property owners. …

Telangana: Experts to find errors in questions
6 years, 1 month ago

Telangana: Experts to find errors in questions

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: On a row of allegations against the questions and answers given in the examination conducted for the recruitment of 9,355 junior panchayat scretaries, the Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to refer the contentious questions in the recruitment exams to a committee of experts for a decision. Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili directed the government to take …

Calcutta HC Questions Non Verification Of Declarations Made During Aadhaar Enrollment [Read Judgment]
6 years, 2 months ago

Calcutta HC Questions Non Verification Of Declarations Made During Aadhaar Enrollment [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has observed that is arbitrary to allow one sort of information establishing the identity of an individual to pass without verification during the Aadhaar enrollment process.A landlord had approached the high court alleging that an employee of his deceased tenant took advantage of the death of the tenant and alleged falsely that he was the son …

Can govt. mandate sharing of biometric data, asks SC
7 years, 2 months ago

Can govt. mandate sharing of biometric data, asks SC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked whether the state could compel citizens, including children, to part with their biometrics in public interest even as petitioners described the Aadhaar “project” as a “giant electronic leash,” which reduces individuals to mere numbers. A five-judge Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, began hearing 27 writ petitions filed by people …

Right to privacy: It’s day of reckoning for Aadhaar
7 years, 7 months ago

Right to privacy: It’s day of reckoning for Aadhaar

The Hindu  

A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India J.S. The judgment, if it declares privacy as a fundamental right, would finally reconcile our laws with the spirit of Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 and Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, which legally protects …

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