Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has ruled that merely belonging to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe community is not sufficient to attract offences under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The…
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Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has held that the absence of an exact casteist slur in an FIR does not, by itself, warrant quashing a case under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against State Bank of India (SBI) officials, observing that allegations of economic…
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Madurai: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Human Resources Management Department to submit details of complaints filed by government employees against their superiors or other…
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Patna: An alleged racket involving the misuse of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, to file fraudulent cases and extort money has come to light in…
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Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has ruled that circulating videos and photographs of a person belonging to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe community through WhatsApp can fall within the ambit of…
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Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has held that the requirement of “public view” under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, can extend to the digital sphere, observing…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a petition challenging amendments made to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in 2015 and 2018. The amendments…
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Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, commonly known as the SC/ST Act, cannot be invoked merely because a complainant belongs…
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New Delhi: The Centre has proposed a significant increase in financial compensation for victims of atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), with the maximum assistance potentially rising from ₹8.25…
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