Justice Nagarathna went on to assert that a "fetus has no individual personality from the mother" since it is dependent on the mother for "its very existence."
The court also sought to know from the Bihar government why they published the data. The court was hearing petitions challenging the Patna High Court's decision to uphold the caste survey initiated by the Bihar Government.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Rajesh Bindal ruled that Sanjiv Bhatt had repeatedly filed petitions and imposed costs of Rs 1 lakh for each of the three pleas filed by Bhatt
SC agreed to look into a series of petitions alleging that the Tamil Nadu govt is trying to appoint 'non-believers' as archakas (priests), contrary to the age-old Agamas governing temples in the State
Despite its initial reluctance to hear the petition, the SC eventually agreed to issue notice to the TN Govt and the DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for his anti-Sanatan remark