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SC/ST Act Alone Can't Automatically Block Pre-Arrest Bail: Supreme Court
The court said it remains the duty of courts to determine, prima facie, whether an offence under the SC/ST Act is actually made out before denying anticipatory bail.
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Smriti Mandhana's Friend Files Case Against Ex Palash Muchhal For Cheating And Caste Abuse
Police teams from Sangli City Police Station have been dispatched to arrest the accused
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Addressing Someone By Caste Not Offence If No Intent To Insult: High Court
The Allahabad High Court said addressing someone by their caste in the absence of any intent to insult does not constitute an offence under the law
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Outrage In Gujarat Village After Dalits Denied Entry To Temple Feast
According to the complaint filed by Ajaybhai Chaturbhai Boricha, the confrontation began when he and other members of his community arrived at the temple to receive prasad.
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Converted Christians Cannot Claim Scheduled Caste Status: Supreme Court
The verdict came in a case involving a man who had converted to Christianity and was working as a pastor, but had filed a complaint under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act alleging assault and caste-based abuse.
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Dalit Groom Attacked With Swords For Riding Horse In Gujarat
In an era where India projects itself as a global tech leader and a progressive superpower, a village in Gujarat's Patan district has served as a reminder of the deep-seated caste fissures that still haunt the country's hinterlands.
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6 Accused In Manipur Gang-Rape Case Charged By Special CBI Court
A special CBI court in Guwahati has framed charges against six accused in the case where three women were stripped naked and two of them allegedly gang-raped during ethnic clashes in Manipur in May 2023.
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'Caste Status Not Enough': Court Rejects Use Of SC/ST Act In Property Case
The Allahabad High Court has quashed a criminal case, including charges under the SC/ST Act, arising from alleged irregularities in land allotments made more than two decades ago and related revenue proceedings.
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Top Court Asks Centre To Frame Strict Law For Insults Against People With Disablities
Highlighting the need for a stringent law to protect the dignity of the disabled, the Supreme Court asked the Centre to consider framing a statute to make derogatory remarks ridiculing persons with disabilities a penal offence.
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SC/ST Act Can't Be Used To Curtail Bank's Mortgage Rights: Delhi Court
The Delhi High Court has said that the provisions of the SC/ST Act relating to wrongful occupation or dispossession of land belonging to people from SC and ST cannot be used to prevent a bank from exercising its lawful mortgage rights.
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Stringent SC/ST Act Invoked In Haryana IPS Officer's Suicide Case
Police have added charges to the FIR registered in the alleged suicide case of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar following a plea by his wife to add the "relevant provisions" of the SC/ST Act.
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Congress To Move No-Confidence Motion Against BJP-Led Government In Odisha
The opposition Congress on Wednesday announced to bring No Confidence Motion against the BJP-led state government during the upcoming monsoon session of the Odisha Assembly, scheduled to begin from Thursday.
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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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One More Arrested In Tamil Nadu Techie Dishonour Killing Case
The Crime Branch-CID arrested another person on Wednesday in the alleged dishonour killing of 23-year-old Dalit techie Kavin Selvaganesh.
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Pulling Woman's Hand Not Offence If Criminal Intent Not Proven: High Court
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has acquitted a man convicted in 2018 for allegedly molesting a mentally challenged woman.
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SC/ST Act Alone Can't Automatically Block Pre-Arrest Bail: Supreme Court
The court said it remains the duty of courts to determine, prima facie, whether an offence under the SC/ST Act is actually made out before denying anticipatory bail.
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Smriti Mandhana's Friend Files Case Against Ex Palash Muchhal For Cheating And Caste Abuse
Police teams from Sangli City Police Station have been dispatched to arrest the accused
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Addressing Someone By Caste Not Offence If No Intent To Insult: High Court
The Allahabad High Court said addressing someone by their caste in the absence of any intent to insult does not constitute an offence under the law
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Outrage In Gujarat Village After Dalits Denied Entry To Temple Feast
According to the complaint filed by Ajaybhai Chaturbhai Boricha, the confrontation began when he and other members of his community arrived at the temple to receive prasad.
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Converted Christians Cannot Claim Scheduled Caste Status: Supreme Court
The verdict came in a case involving a man who had converted to Christianity and was working as a pastor, but had filed a complaint under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act alleging assault and caste-based abuse.
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Dalit Groom Attacked With Swords For Riding Horse In Gujarat
In an era where India projects itself as a global tech leader and a progressive superpower, a village in Gujarat's Patan district has served as a reminder of the deep-seated caste fissures that still haunt the country's hinterlands.
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6 Accused In Manipur Gang-Rape Case Charged By Special CBI Court
A special CBI court in Guwahati has framed charges against six accused in the case where three women were stripped naked and two of them allegedly gang-raped during ethnic clashes in Manipur in May 2023.
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'Caste Status Not Enough': Court Rejects Use Of SC/ST Act In Property Case
The Allahabad High Court has quashed a criminal case, including charges under the SC/ST Act, arising from alleged irregularities in land allotments made more than two decades ago and related revenue proceedings.
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Top Court Asks Centre To Frame Strict Law For Insults Against People With Disablities
Highlighting the need for a stringent law to protect the dignity of the disabled, the Supreme Court asked the Centre to consider framing a statute to make derogatory remarks ridiculing persons with disabilities a penal offence.
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SC/ST Act Can't Be Used To Curtail Bank's Mortgage Rights: Delhi Court
The Delhi High Court has said that the provisions of the SC/ST Act relating to wrongful occupation or dispossession of land belonging to people from SC and ST cannot be used to prevent a bank from exercising its lawful mortgage rights.
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Stringent SC/ST Act Invoked In Haryana IPS Officer's Suicide Case
Police have added charges to the FIR registered in the alleged suicide case of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar following a plea by his wife to add the "relevant provisions" of the SC/ST Act.
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Congress To Move No-Confidence Motion Against BJP-Led Government In Odisha
The opposition Congress on Wednesday announced to bring No Confidence Motion against the BJP-led state government during the upcoming monsoon session of the Odisha Assembly, scheduled to begin from Thursday.
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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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One More Arrested In Tamil Nadu Techie Dishonour Killing Case
The Crime Branch-CID arrested another person on Wednesday in the alleged dishonour killing of 23-year-old Dalit techie Kavin Selvaganesh.
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Pulling Woman's Hand Not Offence If Criminal Intent Not Proven: High Court
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has acquitted a man convicted in 2018 for allegedly molesting a mentally challenged woman.
