Sc/st Act

Assam Congress leader held for post; CM Himanta backs police action

Assam Congress spokesperson Reetam Singh was arrested on Saturday for a social media post enquiring about the status of cases against three senior BJP leaders, including two serving MLAs one of whom is a former state party chief. He was arrested at his home in Guwahati by a team from Lakhimpur district police, with assistance from Guwahati Police. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who also holds the Home portfolio, in a post on X said the case pertains to a caste-based insult directed at a Dalit woman. Sarma responded to criticism from Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh, asserting, "If you justify calling the husband of a Dalit woman a rapist as a 'perfectly reasonable' social media post, it speaks volumes about the direction in which you people have taken the Congress party." "But, just waitthe big revelation is yet to come - The nexus of your senior leader with ISI and Pakistan will be exposed by September," Sarma added, referring to the police case against Pakistani ...

Incident didn't happen in public view: SC quashes case under SC-ST Act

The Supreme Court on Friday quashed a case against a man booked under the SC/ST Act saying the alleged incident did not happen in public view. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih said Section 3(1)(r) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, reveals for an offence to occur, it had to be established that the accused intentionally insulted or intimidated a member of either a SC or ST with the intent to humiliate in a place within public view. In addition, it said for constituting an offence under Section 3(1)(s) of the Act, it would be necessary that the accused abused any member of a SC or ST by caste name in any place within public view. "We are, therefore, of the considered view that since the incident has not taken place at a place which can be termed to be a place within public view, the offence would not come under the provisions of either section 3(1)(r) or section 3(1)(s) of the SC-ST Act," held the bench. Section

Infosys co-founder, former IISc director booked under SC/ST Atrocities Act

The case was filed at Bengaluru's Sadashiva Nagar Police Station following directives from the 71st City Civil and Sessions Court

Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan among 18 booked under SC-ST Act

A case was registered against Infosys co-founder Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan, former IISc Director Balaram and 16 others under the Prevention of SC/ST Atrocities Act on Monday. The case was registered at the Sadashiva Nagar police station based on the directions of the 71st city civil and session court (CCH). The complainant, Durgappa, who belongs to the tribal Bovi community, was a faculty member at the Centre for Sustainable Technology at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). He claimed that in 2014, he was falsely implicated in a honey trap case and subsequently dismissed from service. He further alleged that he was subjected to casteist abuse and threats. The other individuals accused in this case include Govindan Rangarajan, Sridhar Warrier, Sandya Vishwswaraih, Hari K V S, Dasappa, Balaram P, Hemalata Mhishi, Chattopadyaya K, Pradeep D Sawkar, and Manoharan. There was no immediate reaction from the IISc faculty or from Kris Gopalakrishnan, who also serves as a member of

Parliament passes Bills to amend SC, ST list in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh

The Parliament also passed the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill, 2024 on Thursday, following its passage in the Lower House

ED moves Jharkhand HC over FIR filed by Hemant Soren under SC/ST Act

Hemant Soren was arrested by the ED on Wednesday evening after seven hours of grilling in an alleged money laundering case

SC to hear pleas on validity of extending reservation to SC/ST on Nov 21

The Supreme Court on Wednesday posted for hearing on November 21 the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of extending reservation to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and the state assemblies beyond the original 10-year period contemplated in the Constitution. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said it would examine the validity of the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, which extended quota to SCs and STs in Lok Sabha and state assemblies by another 10 years. The top court clarified that it will not go into the validity of the earlier extensions given for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes reservations through earlier amendments. "The validity of the 104th amendment shall be determined to the extent that it applies to the SCs and the STs since the reservations for Anglo Indians has come to an end after the expiration of 70 years from the commencement of the Constitution," the bench, also comprising Justices AS ...

SC grants bail to Vypam scam whistleblower Anand Rai in SC/ST Act

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to whistleblower Anand Rai in a matter related to )the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Act (Prevention of Atrocity Act) 1989 (SC/ST Act)

Bill to amend SC/ST list in Uttar Pradesh introduced in Lok Sabha

The government keeps amending the lists originally notified in 1950 based on requests made by various state governments

Without SC/ST Act, no caste-based discrimination a distant dream: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court Tuesday said the vision of a society having no caste-based discrimination will only remain a distant dream unless the provisions of theSC/ST Actare enforced

Yuvraj Singh arrested in alleged casteist remarks case, released on bail

The Haryana Police on Sunday said cricketer Yuvraj Singh was arrested and released on bail in an alleged casteist remarks case in compliance with a high court order. Singh was accused of making casteist remarks against another cricketer during an Instagram chat last year. Superintendent of Police (Hansi) Nitika Gahlaut said over the phone, "We only made a formal arrest and he was released on bail in compliance of the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court." "Yuvraj Singh came to Hansi on Saturday and we made a formal arrest. He was released on bail bond after a few hours," DSP (Hansi) Vinod Shankar said. While noting that the Haryana police is seeking only Singh's "formal arrest" in the case, the high court had last week directed that upon joining the probe with the investigating officer, if the cricketer is arrested, he would be released on interim bail upon furnishing bail and surety bonds. The high court was listening to a plea by the cricketer seeking quashing of an FIR f

Different strokes for different folks: Modi government and farmer protest

BJP - like any other political party - has to make an assessment of whether any particular protest has the potential to harm its electoral prospects. It will act only where they seem threatened

SC order on reservation: Govt says it was not party in court; Cong protests

Making a statement in the House, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot said the Centre was also not asked to file an affidavit on the issue

Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity of SC/ST Amendment Act, 2018

A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said a preliminary inquiry is not essential before lodging an FIR under the act and the approval of senior police officials is not needed

Top events of the day: Pleas in SC on Shaheen Bagh, SC/ST act, and more

A Bench of Justice Arun Mishra, Justice Vineet Saran and Justice Ravindra Bhat will pronounce the verdict on pleas challenging the Act

3 judge bench to hear Centre's plea against SC's Dalit Atrocities Act order

The verdict had led to an outcry and triggered protests by different SC/ST organisations across the country

Year in Review: Top 6 landmark judgments delivered by Supreme Court in 2019

From the Ayodhya title suit to Sabarimala and striking down of the Section 87 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, here are the landmark SC verdicts of 2019

SC/ST Act: Supreme Court recalls directions of March 2018 verdict

A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, M R Shah and B R Gavai said the directions in the verdict may delay investigation of cases under the Act

Centre's review plea against SC/ST verdict to be heard afresh on Mar 26: SC

SC clarified that the hearing will continue for three consecutive days and if need arises then it can be taken over for one or two days more

SC/ST Act: SC to hear pleas on February 19, refuses to stay amendments

The apex court had January 25 said it will consider listing the Centre's review and petitions challenging the amendments to the SC/ ST Act 2018, together before an appropriate bench