The court passed the order on a petition filed against the extension granted to Nagaland's incumbent DGP, T John Longkumer. It also sought UPSC's response.
As per the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 (amended from time to time) no person professing a religion other than Hinduism or Sikhism, or Buddhism can be deemed to be a member of a Scheduled Caste
A bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said that it expects the Attorney General to play the role of the seniormost law officer to advise the government on the existing legal position.
It is "cognizant of the gravity and the seriousness" of the issue, said the Centre in its affidavit filed on a PIL claiming that fraudulent and deceitful religious conversion is rampant across the country.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a PIL challenging Section 64 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) saying it discriminates against women by treating the adult female members of a family as incompetent of accepting the summons on behalf of the person summoned.
On November 11, the Supreme Court ordered the release of six convicts including Nalini Sriharan and RP Ravichandran, who were serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination in the case.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala asked the Centre to file an affidavit by December 12 and posted the matter for the first week of January next year.
The Central government on Monday sought time from the Supreme Court to review Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises the offence of sedition saying "something may happen" in the upcoming Winter Session of the Parliament.
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New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a plea seeking stringent steps to control fraudulent and deceitful religious conversion.