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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.

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.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday said the BJP is in favour of reservation in promotion and against introducing the creamy layer provision for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe categories.

BJP leader Babu Singh Raghuvanshi said on Sunday that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was amended to "protect the country and Hindu society".

Amid widespread anger, including calls of 'Bharat Bandh', against the amendment to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan Thursday said all political parties should get together to discuss the issue.

BJP yesterday sought to woo ST/SC people by suggesting that they should have equal rights not only in the society but in the political parties too.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to pass any interim order against its 12-year-old verdict that had dealt with the application of the 'creamy layer' for reservations to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes categories in government job promotions, saying it will be examined by a seven-judge bench.

The BJP on Tuesday asserted that it would not allow dilution of the SC-ST Act "at any cost" and lambasted opposition parties for "spreading rumours" that the Narendra Modi government was planning to scrap reservations for backward classes.

Three BJP-ruled states and Tamil Nadu will move the Supreme Court against its order on the SC-ST Act with the Centre maintaining that state governments are on board in seeking a recall of the verdict, days after violent protests by Dalit groups engulfed several parts of the country.

The Central government is likely to file a review petition in the Supreme Court on Monday in the top court's recent order diluting certain provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, informed sources said on Sunday.

The Supreme Court order banning automatic arrest and registration of cases for alleged harassment of SCs and STs will dilute the law which aims to protect the marginalised, the government is likely to tell the top court.

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.

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.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday said the BJP is in favour of reservation in promotion and against introducing the creamy layer provision for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe categories.

BJP leader Babu Singh Raghuvanshi said on Sunday that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was amended to "protect the country and Hindu society".

Amid widespread anger, including calls of 'Bharat Bandh', against the amendment to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan Thursday said all political parties should get together to discuss the issue.

BJP yesterday sought to woo ST/SC people by suggesting that they should have equal rights not only in the society but in the political parties too.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to pass any interim order against its 12-year-old verdict that had dealt with the application of the 'creamy layer' for reservations to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes categories in government job promotions, saying it will be examined by a seven-judge bench.

The BJP on Tuesday asserted that it would not allow dilution of the SC-ST Act "at any cost" and lambasted opposition parties for "spreading rumours" that the Narendra Modi government was planning to scrap reservations for backward classes.

Three BJP-ruled states and Tamil Nadu will move the Supreme Court against its order on the SC-ST Act with the Centre maintaining that state governments are on board in seeking a recall of the verdict, days after violent protests by Dalit groups engulfed several parts of the country.

The Central government is likely to file a review petition in the Supreme Court on Monday in the top court's recent order diluting certain provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, informed sources said on Sunday.

The Supreme Court order banning automatic arrest and registration of cases for alleged harassment of SCs and STs will dilute the law which aims to protect the marginalised, the government is likely to tell the top court.