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Court Cancels Case Against Actor Shilpa Shetty For Using 'Casteist' Word
Giving relief to Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, the Rajasthan High Court on Thursday quashed a criminal case registered against her under the Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in Churu Kotwali in December 2017.
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Hemant Soren Files Case Against Probe Agency Under SC/ST Act
Amid speculation about Hemant Soren's imminent arrest, the Jharkhand chief minister has filed a case against the Enforcement Directorate under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Kannada Actor Upendra Goes To Court Against Multiple Police Cases
Kannada actor-director Upendra has approached the High Court of Karnataka with a second writ petition within days, challenging the registering of multiple FIRs against him on the same issue.
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Online Abuse Punishable Under Dalit Atrocities Act, Says Kerala High Court
Insulting remarks, made online, against someone from the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe would still attract the provisions of the SC/ST Act.
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Court Stays Own Order Directing Cops To File Case Against Pune Mayor
A court in Pune has stayed its order directing the police to register a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against Mayor Murlidhar Mohol, an advocate representing the mayor said on Thursday.
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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Case Against DMK MP Under SC/ST Act
The Supreme Court Monday quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against DMK Rajya Sabha lawmaker RS Bharathi under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for a speech he made in 2020.
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Protection From Arrest Granted To Former Mumbai Top Cop Extended Till July 6
The Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it will not arrest former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh till July 6 in a case registered against him under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Maharashtra Extends Protection From Arrest To Ex-Mumbai Top Cop Param Bir Singh
The Maharashtra government will not arrest former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh till June 22 in a case registered against him under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Bombay High Court was told on Monday.
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Won't Arrest Ex-Mumbai Police Chief Till June 15: Maharashtra Government To High Court
The Maharashtra government on Thursday said it would not arrest former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh till June 15 in a case registered against him under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Caste-Based Reservation Cannot Be Scrapped, Says Uma Bharti
Union minister Uma Bharti said on Thursday that caste-based reservations cannot be abolished, answering a question about the agitation by some upper caste organisations in Madhya Pradesh against Parliament's amendment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Uttar Pradesh Minister Says SC/ST Law Being "Misused", Demands Rollback
Uttar Pradesh minister and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar claimed on Sunday that the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was being "misused" and many innocent people framed, and said the Supreme Court verdict putting safeguards against arrest under the law was justified.
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RSS, BJP Behind Strike Against SC/ST Law, Says Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday alleged that the 'Bharat Bandh' organised against the amendment to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, was in fact "a conspiracy of the BJP" and an "event orchestrated by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh".
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On SC/ST Act, Lok Sabha Speaker's "Take Back Chocolate From Kid" Analogy
Amid widespread anger, including calls of 'Bharat Bandh', against the amendment to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan Thursday said all political parties should get together to discuss the issue.
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"Bharat Bandh" Fails To Evoke Much Response In Punjab, Haryana
The call for 'Bharat Bandh' given by some upper-caste groups against the recent amendment approved by Parliament to overturn a Supreme Court judgment on the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act failed to evoke much response in Punjab while it fizzled out in neighbouring Haryana.
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For Bandh Against SC/ST Act Amendments, Security Alert In Madhya Pradesh
The Madhya Pradesh police have stepped up security across the state in view of the ongoing protests against the amendments in the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Court Cancels Case Against Actor Shilpa Shetty For Using 'Casteist' Word
Giving relief to Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, the Rajasthan High Court on Thursday quashed a criminal case registered against her under the Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in Churu Kotwali in December 2017.
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Hemant Soren Files Case Against Probe Agency Under SC/ST Act
Amid speculation about Hemant Soren's imminent arrest, the Jharkhand chief minister has filed a case against the Enforcement Directorate under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Kannada Actor Upendra Goes To Court Against Multiple Police Cases
Kannada actor-director Upendra has approached the High Court of Karnataka with a second writ petition within days, challenging the registering of multiple FIRs against him on the same issue.
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Online Abuse Punishable Under Dalit Atrocities Act, Says Kerala High Court
Insulting remarks, made online, against someone from the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe would still attract the provisions of the SC/ST Act.
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Court Stays Own Order Directing Cops To File Case Against Pune Mayor
A court in Pune has stayed its order directing the police to register a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against Mayor Murlidhar Mohol, an advocate representing the mayor said on Thursday.
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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Case Against DMK MP Under SC/ST Act
The Supreme Court Monday quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against DMK Rajya Sabha lawmaker RS Bharathi under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for a speech he made in 2020.
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Protection From Arrest Granted To Former Mumbai Top Cop Extended Till July 6
The Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it will not arrest former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh till July 6 in a case registered against him under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Maharashtra Extends Protection From Arrest To Ex-Mumbai Top Cop Param Bir Singh
The Maharashtra government will not arrest former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh till June 22 in a case registered against him under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Bombay High Court was told on Monday.
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Won't Arrest Ex-Mumbai Police Chief Till June 15: Maharashtra Government To High Court
The Maharashtra government on Thursday said it would not arrest former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh till June 15 in a case registered against him under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Caste-Based Reservation Cannot Be Scrapped, Says Uma Bharti
Union minister Uma Bharti said on Thursday that caste-based reservations cannot be abolished, answering a question about the agitation by some upper caste organisations in Madhya Pradesh against Parliament's amendment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Uttar Pradesh Minister Says SC/ST Law Being "Misused", Demands Rollback
Uttar Pradesh minister and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar claimed on Sunday that the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was being "misused" and many innocent people framed, and said the Supreme Court verdict putting safeguards against arrest under the law was justified.
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RSS, BJP Behind Strike Against SC/ST Law, Says Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday alleged that the 'Bharat Bandh' organised against the amendment to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, was in fact "a conspiracy of the BJP" and an "event orchestrated by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh".
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On SC/ST Act, Lok Sabha Speaker's "Take Back Chocolate From Kid" Analogy
Amid widespread anger, including calls of 'Bharat Bandh', against the amendment to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan Thursday said all political parties should get together to discuss the issue.
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"Bharat Bandh" Fails To Evoke Much Response In Punjab, Haryana
The call for 'Bharat Bandh' given by some upper-caste groups against the recent amendment approved by Parliament to overturn a Supreme Court judgment on the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act failed to evoke much response in Punjab while it fizzled out in neighbouring Haryana.
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For Bandh Against SC/ST Act Amendments, Security Alert In Madhya Pradesh
The Madhya Pradesh police have stepped up security across the state in view of the ongoing protests against the amendments in the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
