Inadvertent error: Centre's U-turn before SC on Bihar's caste survey

Hours after claiming sole right over conducting a census, the Centre revised its position on the Bihar government's caste-based survey, citing an "inadvertent error" in an affidavit filed previously before the Supreme Court. The Centre, in its fresh affidavit, removed the portion that said, "No other body under the Constitution or otherwise is entitled to conduct" a census or any similar exercise. However, it maintained that it only has the authority to conduct a census under the Census Act, 1948.