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SC/ST Act Brought To Improve Conditions Of Vulnerable Class: Supreme Court
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was brought with an "avowed object" to improve socio-economic conditions of a vulnerable class and prohibits the grant of pre-arrest bail to the accused, the Supreme Court said.
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Case Against Marathi Actor Ketaki Chitale Over Comments On Atrocities Act
A case has been registered against Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale for allegedly hurting sentiments with claims about misuse of the SC-ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), police said on Friday.
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Kannada Actor Upendra Goes To Court Against Multiple Police Cases
Kannada actor-director Upendra has approached the High Court of Karnataka with a second writ petition within days, challenging the registering of multiple FIRs against him on the same issue.
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Mumbai Court Grants Interim Protection To AAP Leader In SC/ST Act Case
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from any coercive action to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Executive member and its Mumbai unit president Preeti Sharma Menon and another party worker.
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Centre's Advisory On Curbing Crimes Against "Weaker Sections Of Society"
Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an advisory to the Chief Secretaries of all states and administrators of all UTs on Friday for the implementation of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, and the Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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Dalit Marriage Party "Stopped From Entering Temple, Assaulted", 4 held
Upper caste men allegedly stopped a Dalit groom and others in a marriage party from entering a temple and assaulted them at a tribal-dominated area in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district.
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Protection From Arrest Granted To Former Mumbai Top Cop Extended Till July 6
The Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it will not arrest former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh till July 6 in a case registered against him under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Police Allegedly Beat Up Gangrape Survivor, Family; High Court Orders CBI Probe
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday ordered a CBI probe into the alleged beating of a minor survivor of gang rape and her family members in a police station apparently to save the accused.
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Video Of Dalits Allegedly Barred From UP Temple Goes Viral, Case Filed
A video allegedly showing a group of women from the Valmiki community being denied entry to a temple in the western Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district is being investigated by the police
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"Sending People To Gas Chambers": Top Court Fumes About Manual Scavenging
Around five people employed as manual scavengers die every month, the Supreme Court said today, pulling up the government for not providing protective gear like gas masks and oxygen cylinders to such workers.
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3 Top Court Judges To Hear Centre's Plea To Recall Order On Dalit Law
The government's request seeking a review of the controversial order, that allegedly diluted the stringent provisions of a law protecting Scheduled Casts and Tribes, was referred to a three-judge bench of the top court today.
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Decision Today On Recall Of Supreme Court's Dalit Atrocities Law Order
A decision on the controversial order, that allegedly diluted the stringent provisions of a law protecting Scheduled Casts and Tribes, will be taken by the Supreme Court today.
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4 IIT Professors Accused Of Harassing Dalit Faculty Member, Case Filed
Four professors of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) have been charged with harassing a Dalit faculty member of the institute's aerospace department.
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Caste-Based Reservation Cannot Be Scrapped, Says Uma Bharti
Union minister Uma Bharti said on Thursday that caste-based reservations cannot be abolished, answering a question about the agitation by some upper caste organisations in Madhya Pradesh against Parliament's amendment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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"Bharat Bandh" Fails To Evoke Much Response In Punjab, Haryana
The call for 'Bharat Bandh' given by some upper-caste groups against the recent amendment approved by Parliament to overturn a Supreme Court judgment on the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act failed to evoke much response in Punjab while it fizzled out in neighbouring Haryana.
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SC/ST Act Brought To Improve Conditions Of Vulnerable Class: Supreme Court
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was brought with an "avowed object" to improve socio-economic conditions of a vulnerable class and prohibits the grant of pre-arrest bail to the accused, the Supreme Court said.
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Case Against Marathi Actor Ketaki Chitale Over Comments On Atrocities Act
A case has been registered against Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale for allegedly hurting sentiments with claims about misuse of the SC-ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), police said on Friday.
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Kannada Actor Upendra Goes To Court Against Multiple Police Cases
Kannada actor-director Upendra has approached the High Court of Karnataka with a second writ petition within days, challenging the registering of multiple FIRs against him on the same issue.
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Mumbai Court Grants Interim Protection To AAP Leader In SC/ST Act Case
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from any coercive action to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Executive member and its Mumbai unit president Preeti Sharma Menon and another party worker.
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Centre's Advisory On Curbing Crimes Against "Weaker Sections Of Society"
Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an advisory to the Chief Secretaries of all states and administrators of all UTs on Friday for the implementation of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, and the Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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Dalit Marriage Party "Stopped From Entering Temple, Assaulted", 4 held
Upper caste men allegedly stopped a Dalit groom and others in a marriage party from entering a temple and assaulted them at a tribal-dominated area in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district.
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Protection From Arrest Granted To Former Mumbai Top Cop Extended Till July 6
The Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it will not arrest former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh till July 6 in a case registered against him under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Police Allegedly Beat Up Gangrape Survivor, Family; High Court Orders CBI Probe
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday ordered a CBI probe into the alleged beating of a minor survivor of gang rape and her family members in a police station apparently to save the accused.
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Video Of Dalits Allegedly Barred From UP Temple Goes Viral, Case Filed
A video allegedly showing a group of women from the Valmiki community being denied entry to a temple in the western Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district is being investigated by the police
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"Sending People To Gas Chambers": Top Court Fumes About Manual Scavenging
Around five people employed as manual scavengers die every month, the Supreme Court said today, pulling up the government for not providing protective gear like gas masks and oxygen cylinders to such workers.
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3 Top Court Judges To Hear Centre's Plea To Recall Order On Dalit Law
The government's request seeking a review of the controversial order, that allegedly diluted the stringent provisions of a law protecting Scheduled Casts and Tribes, was referred to a three-judge bench of the top court today.
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Decision Today On Recall Of Supreme Court's Dalit Atrocities Law Order
A decision on the controversial order, that allegedly diluted the stringent provisions of a law protecting Scheduled Casts and Tribes, will be taken by the Supreme Court today.
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4 IIT Professors Accused Of Harassing Dalit Faculty Member, Case Filed
Four professors of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) have been charged with harassing a Dalit faculty member of the institute's aerospace department.
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Caste-Based Reservation Cannot Be Scrapped, Says Uma Bharti
Union minister Uma Bharti said on Thursday that caste-based reservations cannot be abolished, answering a question about the agitation by some upper caste organisations in Madhya Pradesh against Parliament's amendment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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"Bharat Bandh" Fails To Evoke Much Response In Punjab, Haryana
The call for 'Bharat Bandh' given by some upper-caste groups against the recent amendment approved by Parliament to overturn a Supreme Court judgment on the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act failed to evoke much response in Punjab while it fizzled out in neighbouring Haryana.
