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Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking to Include OBC Category in Caste Census, Calls It a "Policy Decision"

Madras High Court dismisses two writ petitions seeking inclusion of the OBC category in the House Listing Operation and Population Enumeration of the ongoing census, holding the Centre's decision to enumerate caste data only for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is a policy decision beyond the court's remit.

Decided: 27 Aug 2026

Justice C. V. Karthikeyan and Justice R. Sakthivel (Division Bench)

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