Can States conduct a census? A Critique of the Patna HC’s Order on the State’s Legislative Competence
This opinion was published in Constitutional Law Society: National Law University Odisha on November 15, 2025.
About the Authors
Anshul Dalmia (Research Fellow)
Anshul Dalmia is a Research Fellow with the Charkha Team (Centre for Constitutional Law). He recently graduated in 2024 from the University of Oxford with the Bachelor of Civil Law degree as a KC Mahindra Scholar wherein he received the Oxford Law Faculty Prize for the course on 'Constitutionalism in Asia'. He has also completed his undergraduate degree (BA LLB (Hons.)) from the WB National University of Juridical Sciences in 2017 as a gold medallist (Rank 1) in the year 2022.