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New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court has ordered its Registry, all High Courts and subordinate courts to stop the practice of mentioning the caste or religion of litigants in case papers. A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah, in its recent order, said that the practice should be shunned and stopped immediately. It directed all High Courts to ensure that the caste or religion of a litigant does not appear in the memo of parties in any petition filed before High Courts or subordinate courts under their jurisdiction. “We see no reason for mentioning the caste/…

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