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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity Of SC/ST Amendment Act
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutional validity of the SC/ST Amendment Act, 2018, and said a court can grant anticipatory bail only in cases where a prima facie case is not made out.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Amendments To SC/ST Act, Again
The Supreme Court has once again refused to stay amendments to the SC/ST Act that restored the no anticipatory bail provision and said all matters including the Centre's review petition will be heard on February 19.
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Top Court To Consider Listing Of Centre's Review, On SC/ST Act Amendments
The Supreme Court on Friday 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.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Amendments To SC/ST Act
The Supreme Court today refused to stay the amendments to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act that restored the provision of no anticipatory bail for the accused.
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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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SC-ST Act Amended To Protect Country, Hindu Society, Says BJP Leader
BJP leader Babu Singh Raghuvanshi said on Sunday that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was amended to "protect the country and Hindu society".
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan Is Not Above The Law, Says Kamal Nath
Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath today said the state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was not above the law, after the latter recently claimed that the misuse of the amended SC/ST Act won't be allowed in the state.
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No Arrests Without Probe: Shivraj Chouhan Amid Protests Over Dalit Law
Facing protests by the upper-caste community, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said nobody in the state would be arrested under the SC/ST Act without a thorough investigation being conducted first.
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Signed Letter To PM In Blood Over Atrocities Act, Claims Hindu Mahasabha
In a letter signed in blood, the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of playing vote bank politics by bringing the recent amendment to the SC/ST Act, an office bearer said.
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Can't Stay New Provisions Of SC/ST Act As It Is Legislation: Top Court
The new amendments to the SC/ST law passed by Parliament cannot be stayed at this stage, the Supreme Court said Wednesday, as it sought the Centre's response on a batch of pleas challenging the fresh provisions.
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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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Pappu Yadav, JDU's Shyam Rajak Attacked In Bihar Amid Bharat Bandh
Two pro-reservation leaders in Bihar on Thursday bore the brunt of the 'Bharat Bandh' that was called to protest against the recent amendments in the SC/ST Act.
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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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Schools, Shops Shut In Few States Due To Protests Against SC/ST Act
Trains were stopped and highways blocked briefly in Bihar while shops downed shutters in some other northern states during a 'Bharat Bandh' Thursday against the recent amendment to the SC/ST Act.
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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity Of SC/ST Amendment Act
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutional validity of the SC/ST Amendment Act, 2018, and said a court can grant anticipatory bail only in cases where a prima facie case is not made out.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Amendments To SC/ST Act, Again
The Supreme Court has once again refused to stay amendments to the SC/ST Act that restored the no anticipatory bail provision and said all matters including the Centre's review petition will be heard on February 19.
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Top Court To Consider Listing Of Centre's Review, On SC/ST Act Amendments
The Supreme Court on Friday 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.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Amendments To SC/ST Act
The Supreme Court today refused to stay the amendments to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act that restored the provision of no anticipatory bail for the accused.
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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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SC-ST Act Amended To Protect Country, Hindu Society, Says BJP Leader
BJP leader Babu Singh Raghuvanshi said on Sunday that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was amended to "protect the country and Hindu society".
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan Is Not Above The Law, Says Kamal Nath
Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath today said the state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was not above the law, after the latter recently claimed that the misuse of the amended SC/ST Act won't be allowed in the state.
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No Arrests Without Probe: Shivraj Chouhan Amid Protests Over Dalit Law
Facing protests by the upper-caste community, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said nobody in the state would be arrested under the SC/ST Act without a thorough investigation being conducted first.
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Signed Letter To PM In Blood Over Atrocities Act, Claims Hindu Mahasabha
In a letter signed in blood, the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of playing vote bank politics by bringing the recent amendment to the SC/ST Act, an office bearer said.
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Can't Stay New Provisions Of SC/ST Act As It Is Legislation: Top Court
The new amendments to the SC/ST law passed by Parliament cannot be stayed at this stage, the Supreme Court said Wednesday, as it sought the Centre's response on a batch of pleas challenging the fresh provisions.
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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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Pappu Yadav, JDU's Shyam Rajak Attacked In Bihar Amid Bharat Bandh
Two pro-reservation leaders in Bihar on Thursday bore the brunt of the 'Bharat Bandh' that was called to protest against the recent amendments in the SC/ST Act.
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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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Schools, Shops Shut In Few States Due To Protests Against SC/ST Act
Trains were stopped and highways blocked briefly in Bihar while shops downed shutters in some other northern states during a 'Bharat Bandh' Thursday against the recent amendment to the SC/ST Act.
