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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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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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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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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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Okay To Pay Relief After Conviction Under Dalit Atrocities Act, Says Court
The Allahabad High Court has told the UP government that it would be appropriate to disburse compensation in cases registered under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act after the conviction of the accused and not merely on the filing of an FIR.
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No Delay Filing Of Cases In Crimes Against SC/STs: Centre To States
The Union Home Ministry has asked all states that there should be no delay in registration of FIRs in cases of crimes against SCs and STs and closely monitor such cases where investigation goes beyond two months.
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No Case Under SC/ST Act If Abuse Not In Public, Says Karnataka High Court
The High Court of Karnataka has said that for offences under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the hurling of casteist abuse must be in a public place.
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Video: Dalit Girl Tortured By A Family, Accused Of Theft In Amethi Shocker
A shocking viral video of a man mercilessly thrashing a Dalit minor girl in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi has triggered outrage, prompting the police to register a case and make an arrest.
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Over 33,000 Cases Filed Under SC/ST Act In Madhya Pradesh In 4 Years: Centre
More than 33,000 cases have been registered in Madhya Pradesh under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the the last four years, the state government has said.
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"To Settle Personal Vindicta": Delhi Court Junks Plea Of Sacked Professor
A Delhi court has dismissed an application filed by a sacked professor seeking registration of FIR against the principal and professors of a Delhi University college under the SC-ST Act for alleged casteist remarks.
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Supreme Court Uses "Extraordinary Power" To Acquit Man In SC/ST Act Case
The bench took into account that both accused and victim belong to the same social and economic strata and noted that the accused was not a repeat offender.
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On Camera, Teacher Kicks Student, Beats Him With Stick In Tamil Nadu
The teacher, caught on camera assaulting a student, was arrested in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district and charged under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Will Not Dilute Provisions Of Dalit Atrocities Law, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Thursday said it would not "dilute" the provisions of the SC/ST Act, 1989 and made it clear that its Constitution bench had already held that anticipatory bail could be granted in such matter if the courts feel that no prima facie case is made out.
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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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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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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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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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Okay To Pay Relief After Conviction Under Dalit Atrocities Act, Says Court
The Allahabad High Court has told the UP government that it would be appropriate to disburse compensation in cases registered under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act after the conviction of the accused and not merely on the filing of an FIR.
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No Delay Filing Of Cases In Crimes Against SC/STs: Centre To States
The Union Home Ministry has asked all states that there should be no delay in registration of FIRs in cases of crimes against SCs and STs and closely monitor such cases where investigation goes beyond two months.
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No Case Under SC/ST Act If Abuse Not In Public, Says Karnataka High Court
The High Court of Karnataka has said that for offences under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the hurling of casteist abuse must be in a public place.
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Video: Dalit Girl Tortured By A Family, Accused Of Theft In Amethi Shocker
A shocking viral video of a man mercilessly thrashing a Dalit minor girl in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi has triggered outrage, prompting the police to register a case and make an arrest.
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Over 33,000 Cases Filed Under SC/ST Act In Madhya Pradesh In 4 Years: Centre
More than 33,000 cases have been registered in Madhya Pradesh under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the the last four years, the state government has said.
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"To Settle Personal Vindicta": Delhi Court Junks Plea Of Sacked Professor
A Delhi court has dismissed an application filed by a sacked professor seeking registration of FIR against the principal and professors of a Delhi University college under the SC-ST Act for alleged casteist remarks.
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Supreme Court Uses "Extraordinary Power" To Acquit Man In SC/ST Act Case
The bench took into account that both accused and victim belong to the same social and economic strata and noted that the accused was not a repeat offender.
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On Camera, Teacher Kicks Student, Beats Him With Stick In Tamil Nadu
The teacher, caught on camera assaulting a student, was arrested in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district and charged under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Will Not Dilute Provisions Of Dalit Atrocities Law, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Thursday said it would not "dilute" the provisions of the SC/ST Act, 1989 and made it clear that its Constitution bench had already held that anticipatory bail could be granted in such matter if the courts feel that no prima facie case is made out.
