Lucknow: In a significant judgment highlighting the misuse of legal provisions, a Lucknow-based lawyer, Lakhan Singh, has been sentenced to ten years and six months of imprisonment along with a fine of…
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Ahmedabad: In a significant ruling, the Gujarat High Court acquitted a man convicted of raping a minor tribal girl in 2013 of charges under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of…
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Vijayawada: In a significant judgment, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that individuals who voluntarily convert from Hinduism to another religion will lose their Scheduled Caste (SC) status and the legal…
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Bengaluru: In a significant ruling, the Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal case registered against Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan, former Indian Institute of Science (IISc) director Balaram P, and fourteen others,…
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Ranchi: In a significant ruling, the Jharkhand High Court has held that calling a tribal person “Adivasi” does not amount to an offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of…
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Sivaganga: A quarrel between two 12-year-old girls in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga district spiraled into a legal case under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, after the dispute escalated…
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Bengaluru: In a significant ruling, the Karnataka High Court has quashed proceedings initiated by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes against the Secretary and Chief Executive of the Mysore Education Society (MES),…
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Coimbatore: Over 300 parents and alumni of a private matriculation school in Senguttaipalayam, near Pollachi, submitted a petition to the sub-collector on Saturday, appealing for the withdrawal of a case registered against…
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Bengaluru: In a significant move to bolster justice for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the Karnataka government is set to inaugurate 33 dedicated police stations on April 14, Ambedkar Jayanti, to exclusively…
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New Delhi: In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court of India has acquitted five individuals previously convicted under Section 447 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes…
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