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SC ST atrocities act 1989

Supreme Court has got the SC-ST Act right, ‘in public view’ is an essential Constitutional filter that prevents false cases

Parliament took a clear legislative choice in drafting Sections 3(1)(r) and (s) to connect those specific offences to a public element, and courts are not free to read out that element simply because a commentator finds it inconvenient.

UP: Yogi govt suspends 2 cops for failing to invoke SC/ST Act and anti-conversion law against Rameez who pretended to be Vikas to entrap...

Rameez pretended to be 'Vikas' on social media and entrapped a Hindu Dalit woman in a love relationship for 2 years. The Muslim man promised to marry the victim but instead made intimate videos, which he later used to blackmail her.

UGC Regulations vs Mandal Commission: Why Gen Z is surprisingly more caste-conscious, and won’t toe the same lines as their parents

Is the Gen Z more conscious of their caste? Are they casteists? Why are they less likely to surrender to ‘social justice’ narratives.

Professional disagreement, workplace grievances can’t be automatically charged under SC ST Act, unless specific casteist abuse in public: Calcutta HC

The professor is a PhD in Sanskrit and had served as Head of the Department of Sanskrit at Sanskrit College & University. She was accused by an assistant professor of the same university, who belongs to the SC community, of professional jealousy and harassment.

Darbhanga: All Brahmin men leave village after all of them were named in FIR under SC/ST Act following fight over alleged non-payment of dues

Many of the people named as accused in this FIR have not lived in the village for years.

Arrow shot by actor playing Ram hit the eye of the Dalit actor playing Ravan in Ramleela, the victim files FIR under SC/ST Act

Notably, the complaint in the incident was filed by the family of Sunil Kumar about three months after the incident.

VBA president Prakash Ambedkar threatens FIR against Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan under SC/ST Atrocity Act for not mentioning BR Ambedkar in Republic Day speech

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash Ambedkar has threatened to pursue legal action against Maharashtra's Water Resources Minister and BJP leader Girish Mahajan for...

Abuse alone is not an offence under the SC/ST Act if there is no intent to humiliate: Supreme Court

The court outlined Section 3(1)(r) of the SC/ST Act, stating that two conditions need to be taken into consideration for convicting a person under the provision. First, the complainant must belong to the SC or ST group. Second, the abuse or insult must be specifically based on the complainant's caste.

Uttar Pradesh: Lawyer sentenced to life imprisonment for filing fake rape and SC-ST cases using a Dalit woman – Read what the court said

The court expressed concern over the rising cases of misuse the laws relating to rale and of the SC/ST Act, said that the law is being misused monetary gains.

Marathi actress Ketaki Chitale gets booked merely for asking how many false cases are filed under stringent SC/ST atrocity act

Ketaki Chitale also lashed out at the Maratha reservation movement led by Manoj Jarange Patil and reportedly dubbed it as a 'fair of fools.'

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