It would be precarious to hold that mere reference to caste of a person wouldn't be an offence under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989 (SC/ST Act), the Bombay High Court said.
The Supreme Court has ordered the release of a woman, who had allegedly hurled casteist abuses against another woman belonging to the Scheduled Tribe community who was the president of her village's education committee.
'The Dalit Truth: The Battles for Realizing Ambedkar’s Vision', a collection of essays edited by K. Raju, sums up the core and emerging issues for the Dalit community.
Crime against women becomes a hot button issue when a ‘Nirbhaya’ incident is perpetrated with diabolical ferocity. What tends to undercut its enormity and gravitas is the recklessness with which India’s patriarchal society, especially the political class, tends to trivialise it by making misogynistic statements not against the perpetrators of the vilest crime against women but
The Supreme Court has held that it is within the scope of its powers under Article 142 to quash cases under SC/ST Act provided the dispute is predominantly private and a compromise has been reached between the parties