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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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10 Jailed In Karnataka For Assaulting Dalits For Filing Police Complaint
The High Court of Karnataka has sentenced 10 people on seven counts with sentences ranging from two months to one year for assaulting members of Schedule Castes for complaining against upper caste people.
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National Commission for Scheduled Castes Takes Note Of ‘Discrimination’ In Midday Meals In Rajasthan Schools
NCSC chairman Vijay Sampla claimed that atrocities against Dalits in Rajasthan have gone up and the commission will hold a review meeting of various departments of the state government in Jaipur on August 24-25.
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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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Centre's Advisory On Curbing Crimes Against "Weaker Sections Of Society"
Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an advisory to the Chief Secretaries of all states and administrators of all UTs on Friday for the implementation of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, and the Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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BJP Slams Gandhis Over "Atrocities" On Dalits In Congress-Ruled States
The BJP launched a scathing attack on Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday over their silence on atrocities against the Dalits in Congress-ruled states.
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Delhi University Principal's 'Caste Remark' No Offence: Cops To Court
Delhi Police has informed a court in New Delhi that no offence is made out under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and conspiracy against the principal of a Delhi University college for alleged casteist remarks.
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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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Democracy Passing Through "Most Difficult Phase": Sonia Gandhi
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi ripped into the government on Sunday over the recently passed farm laws, the handling of the coronavirus outbreak, the economic slowdown and the alleged atrocities against Scheduled Castes, claiming democracy in the country is passing through its "most difficult phase".
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Atrocities Against Dalits Proof Of Jungle Raj In Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati
Targeting the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government over the deaths of four Dalits in two separate incidents in Agra and Raebareli, Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati today said such "atrocities" on members of the schedules castes show that "jungle raj", lawlessness, prevails in the state.
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Tamil Nadu Ordered To Pay Rs 25,000 To Children Whose Cheeks Were Pierced
The National Human Rights Commission on Friday said it has resolved 71 of the 179 cases pertaining to police excesses, charges of atrocities against Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, among others.
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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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RSS Supports Reservation, Law On Atrocities Against Scheduled Castes
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today asserted that the organisation fully supports reservation. He also came out in support of a contentious law on atrocities against scheduled castes, but said it should not be misused.
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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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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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10 Jailed In Karnataka For Assaulting Dalits For Filing Police Complaint
The High Court of Karnataka has sentenced 10 people on seven counts with sentences ranging from two months to one year for assaulting members of Schedule Castes for complaining against upper caste people.
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National Commission for Scheduled Castes Takes Note Of ‘Discrimination’ In Midday Meals In Rajasthan Schools
NCSC chairman Vijay Sampla claimed that atrocities against Dalits in Rajasthan have gone up and the commission will hold a review meeting of various departments of the state government in Jaipur on August 24-25.
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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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Centre's Advisory On Curbing Crimes Against "Weaker Sections Of Society"
Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an advisory to the Chief Secretaries of all states and administrators of all UTs on Friday for the implementation of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, and the Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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BJP Slams Gandhis Over "Atrocities" On Dalits In Congress-Ruled States
The BJP launched a scathing attack on Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday over their silence on atrocities against the Dalits in Congress-ruled states.
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Delhi University Principal's 'Caste Remark' No Offence: Cops To Court
Delhi Police has informed a court in New Delhi that no offence is made out under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and conspiracy against the principal of a Delhi University college for alleged casteist remarks.
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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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Democracy Passing Through "Most Difficult Phase": Sonia Gandhi
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi ripped into the government on Sunday over the recently passed farm laws, the handling of the coronavirus outbreak, the economic slowdown and the alleged atrocities against Scheduled Castes, claiming democracy in the country is passing through its "most difficult phase".
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Atrocities Against Dalits Proof Of Jungle Raj In Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati
Targeting the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government over the deaths of four Dalits in two separate incidents in Agra and Raebareli, Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati today said such "atrocities" on members of the schedules castes show that "jungle raj", lawlessness, prevails in the state.
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Tamil Nadu Ordered To Pay Rs 25,000 To Children Whose Cheeks Were Pierced
The National Human Rights Commission on Friday said it has resolved 71 of the 179 cases pertaining to police excesses, charges of atrocities against Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, among others.
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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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RSS Supports Reservation, Law On Atrocities Against Scheduled Castes
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today asserted that the organisation fully supports reservation. He also came out in support of a contentious law on atrocities against scheduled castes, but said it should not be misused.
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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.
