The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday quashed a complaint filed under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty for allegedly using the term “Bhangi” during a 2013 television... Read more »
The Delhi High Court recently ruled that all proceedings, including bail hearings, under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989 (SC/ST Act) must be video recorded, even... Read more »
Ranchi police have issued a notice to ED officials, seeking them to join the investigation in the third week of March in connection with the FIR lodged by former Chief Minister Hemant... Read more »
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved the Jharkhand High Court, challenging the First Information Report (FIR) filed against its officials, following a complaint by former Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Soren alleged “harassment”... Read more »
A Delhi Court has framed charges against a man who brutally stabbed and bludgeoned a 16-year-old girl to death in full public view in the Shahbad Dairy locality on May 28, 2023.... Read more »
The Supreme Court recently stated that using foul/abusive language against a member of SC/ST would not be enough to file a case against a person under the SC/ST Act. Therefore, the top... Read more »
Madhu Lynching Case: State & Convicts Files Appeal Before Kerala HC Against Special Court’s Decision
All 13 people who were recently convicted by a Special Court of lynching a tribal man to death in 2018 have now approached the Kerala High Court to overturn their convictions and... Read more »
A Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced thirteen people to seven years in prison for lynching and murder of a tribal man named Madhu in 2018. A special court established to hear cases... Read more »
A Kerala court convicted fourteen people on Tuesday for the lynching and death of a tribal man named Madhu in 2018. The ruling was passed by a special court constituted to hear... Read more »
The Allahabad High Court recently quashed the subordinate court order summoning an accused for a trial under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, because the alleged act... Read more »