SC/ST Act ruling: Violent protests continue in Rajasthan, houses of two Dalit leaders set on fire; case filed against two policemen in MP
6 years, 11 months ago

SC/ST Act ruling: Violent protests continue in Rajasthan, houses of two Dalit leaders set on fire; case filed against two policemen in MP

India TV News  

A day after violent protests across the nation killed at least 10 people, clashes broke out in Rajasthan’s Hindaun city on Tuesday, demanding action against those involved in looting and vandalism during Monday’s Bharat Bandh, called by Dalit groups against dilution of SC/ST Act, turned violent, police said. Meanwhile, in Madhya Pradesh, a case was filed against two policemen in connection with the death of a man Mahavir Rajawat during Bharat Bandh-related violence on Monday in Bhind. Deuskar further said that the total death toll due to violence during the Bharat Bandh protest is 7 adding that the death of one person in Morena was not due to the protests. Violent protests erupted on Monday in many states including Madhya Pradesh during a nationwide bandh called by Dalit outfits against the Supreme Court's ruling that allegedly diluted the SC/ST Act.

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Rajasthan High Court Appoints Panel To Probe Illegal Activities Of Khap Panchayats, Social Evils Like Honour Killing, Exorcism, Etc
1 week, 1 day ago

Rajasthan High Court Appoints Panel To Probe Illegal Activities Of Khap Panchayats, Social Evils Like Honour Killing, Exorcism, Etc

Live Law  

Noting multiple “social evils” particularly in the western part of Rajasthan which is stated to include social boycotts, alleged illegal activities by Khap Panchayats, caste discrimination, honour killings, taboo against love marriages, exorcisms etc., the high court constituted a 5-member commission to conduct a ground study of various villages. Highlighting the historical social revolutions spearheaded by reformists like Raja Ram …

Manipur violence: SC asks state to provide details on arson, encroachments of properties
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Manipur violence: SC asks state to provide details on arson, encroachments of properties

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Manipur government to provide details in a sealed cover on the dwelling units and properties burnt either fully or partially, and encroached upon during the ethnic violence in the state. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar fixed the plea for hearing in the week commencing January …

‘Set up special court in all districts as per SC/ST rules’: NCSC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Set up special court in all districts as per SC/ST rules’: NCSC

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes asked the chief secretary to the state government to set up special courts in all districts as per the SC/STs Rules, 2016. National Commission for SC/ST Director S Ravivarman had sent a letter to the chief secretary on December 4, and said that a petition was received by the National …

Mayawati slams government over Rajasthan HC's decision on SC-ST Act
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mayawati slams government over Rajasthan HC's decision on SC-ST Act

New Indian Express  

JAIPUR: In a sharp critique of the government, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has expressed discontent over the Rajasthan High Court's recent decision to exclude charges under the SC-ST Act in a case involving casteist slurs. The controversy arose following a judgment by the Rajasthan High Court, which ruled that the use of terms such as 'bhangi', 'neech', 'bhikari', and …

Rajasthan: Bhil community welcomes SC's ruling on sub-classification and creamy layer inclusion in SC-ST quota, takes out rally in support
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Rajasthan: Bhil community welcomes SC's ruling on sub-classification and creamy layer inclusion in SC-ST quota, takes out rally in support

Op India  

On Monday, the Bhil community took out a rally in support of the creamy layer exclusion and the sub-classification of Scheduled Tribe reservation in Rajasthan. The Bhil community members started the rally from Radha Raman Mangalik Bhawan carrying saffron flags in their hands and reached the Mini Secretariat to hand a memorandum to the Collector. Bhil community took out a …

Patna SDM Lathi-charged By Cop During Bharat Bandh In Bihar
7 months, 1 week ago

Patna SDM Lathi-charged By Cop During Bharat Bandh In Bihar

News 18  

In a surprising turn of events, a Patna Police cop mistakenly hit the city’s Sub-Divisional Magistrate with his baton amid the chaos during the lathi charge against the protesters who stormed the roads and streets as a part of the Bharat Bandh on Wednesday. Rajeev Mishra, Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna said that the lathi charge was done to disperse …

Vehicular Traffic Disrupted In Bihar Districts Due To Bharat Bandh Over SC-ST Reservation
7 months, 1 week ago

Vehicular Traffic Disrupted In Bihar Districts Due To Bharat Bandh Over SC-ST Reservation

News 18  

Vehicular traffic was briefly disrupted in parts of Bihar on Wednesday, as protestors put up blockades in support of the Bharat Bandh called by some groups over community-based reservation. #WATCH | Bihar: Police lathi-charge people in Patna as they stage protest in support of a day-long Bharat Bandh against the Supreme Court’s recent judgment on reservations. pic.twitter.com/5jEMQiagJJ— ANI August 21, …

Bharat Bandh today: Which key groups, political parties to join protest against SC's reservation ruling
7 months, 1 week ago

Bharat Bandh today: Which key groups, political parties to join protest against SC's reservation ruling

India TV News  

A nationwide bandh has been called today by Dalit and Adivasi organisations to protest the Supreme Court's ruling on implementing creamy layer and sub-quota within Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes reservations. Supreme Court's ruling on reservation The Supreme Court recently ruled that states can create sub-categories within SC and ST reservations, allowing the most marginalised groups within these categories to …

Bharat Bandh today: After 8-year hiatus, BSP workers to take to streets
7 months, 1 week ago

Bharat Bandh today: After 8-year hiatus, BSP workers to take to streets

Hindustan Times  

Fighting for her party’s survival in Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has asked party workers to hit the streets to protest against the Supreme Court’s recent order on the scheduled caste/schedule tribe reservations. Successive defeats in the Lok Sabha and assembly elections as well as the changing political scenario in Uttar Pradesh have forced Mayawati to amend her …

Matter Of Legislative Policy: Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking To De-Recognize Certain Communities As Scheduled Tribes
1 year, 3 months ago

Matter Of Legislative Policy: Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking To De-Recognize Certain Communities As Scheduled Tribes

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation seeking to quash the enlistment of certain communities as Scheduled Tribes in the Constitution Order Act, 1991 & the Constitution Order Act, 2020. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit dismissed the petition filed by Dr Ambedkar Scheduled Castes Federation Karnataka, through its …

Gujarat caste violence back on spotlight after Dalit man’s thumb chopped
1 year, 9 months ago

Gujarat caste violence back on spotlight after Dalit man’s thumb chopped

Hindustan Times  

A group of men allegedly chopped off the thumb of a Dalit man after an altercation over his son picking up a cricket ball during a match at a school playground in a village in Gujarat’s Patan district on Sunday, police said. Incidents like not giving a house on rent to a scheduled caste teacher in villages are happening on …

SC/ST Act Can't Be Invoked Merely Because Victim's Mother Belongs To Scheduled Caste: Karnataka HC
2 years, 9 months ago

SC/ST Act Can't Be Invoked Merely Because Victim's Mother Belongs To Scheduled Caste: Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has held that a person, whose one parent belongs to the scheduled caste community and another parent to forward caste, will have to in his complaint under the Schedule Caste & Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989, specifically plead that he belongs to the schedule caste. The bench observed, "The complaint does not contain any fact about anything …

Madras High Court Grants Compensation To Victim Under SC/ST Amendment Act 2016 For Offence Committed In 2014
2 years, 11 months ago

Madras High Court Grants Compensation To Victim Under SC/ST Amendment Act 2016 For Offence Committed In 2014

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has allowed a petition filed by a victim belonging to Scheduled Caste Community claiming compensation under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Amendment Rules, 2016, for an offence committed against her in the year 2014. While passing orders Justice G. Ilangovan observed that as per the Scheduled Castes …

SC /ST Prevention Of Atrocities Act Is Prospective In Nature, Act Committed Prior To Its Enactment Not An Offence: Karnataka High Court
3 years ago

SC /ST Prevention Of Atrocities Act Is Prospective In Nature, Act Committed Prior To Its Enactment Not An Offence: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has held that the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes Act 1989, is prospective in nature and alleged acts committed before its enactment cannot be an offence. It added, "The above apart, the alleged acts do not constitute an offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989, which is prospective in operation, there being constitutional …

Calcutta High Court Directs State To Disclose Number Of Pending Cases Under SC/ST Act In WB
3 years, 2 months ago

Calcutta High Court Directs State To Disclose Number Of Pending Cases Under SC/ST Act In WB

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the State government as well as the High Court administration to file an affidavit disclosing the existing number of pending cases under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989 in the State as on January 31, 2022. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj was adjudicating upon …

Bombay HC Stays Proceedings Against Nawab Malik In Complaint Filed Under SC/ST Act By Sameer Wankhede's Cousin
3 years, 3 months ago

Bombay HC Stays Proceedings Against Nawab Malik In Complaint Filed Under SC/ST Act By Sameer Wankhede's Cousin

Live Law  

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on Friday stayed the notice issued to Maharashtra's NCP leader Nawab Malik on an atrocities complaint filed by NCB officer Sameer Wankhede's cousin. A division bench of Justice R. B. DEO stayed the special court's order in a quashing application filed by Malik under article 482, claiming that Sameer's cousin's complaint was …

Most affected people in Bengal violence are from Scheduled Caste
3 years, 10 months ago

Most affected people in Bengal violence are from Scheduled Caste

Op India  

On Friday, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes informed that people belonging to the Scheduled Castes are being murdered and raped in West Bengal after the assembly election results were declared. The most affected have been people from Scheduled Castes.” He informed that around 1,627 cases have been reported, which includes 10-12 cases of rape, 15-20 murder cases of violence …

ST Act was falsely used to harass people
4 years ago

ST Act was falsely used to harass people

Op India  

The anti-atrocities law was initially enacted with the laudable purpose of protecting persons hailing from the SC and ST community from any abuse or harassment over notions of caste supremacy. While reporting the incident, Falana Dhikana claimed that it had got in touch with the accused’s family which confessed to implicating the victim in a false case under the SC/ST …

BJP, RSS workers enter into scuffle with police; SSP promises action against cops
4 years ago

BJP, RSS workers enter into scuffle with police; SSP promises action against cops

India TV News  

Several workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the RSS indulged into a scuffle with policemen on Saturday. According to the officials, the incident was reported from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, where the scuffle took place after some policemen allegedly misbehaved with an RSS Zila Pracharak, Manoj Kumar when he was taking a bath at a bathing venue of the Yamuna …

ST Act, 39% of cases filed for atrocities against women were fake
4 years, 2 months ago

ST Act, 39% of cases filed for atrocities against women were fake

Op India  

In a significant disclosure, the Rajasthan police have revealed that nearly 40 per cent of the cases filed in the state in 2020 under The Scheduled Castes and Tribes Act, 1989 were found to be fake, reports Indian Express. According to the Indian Express report, the Rajasthan police have shared the official records which show that 39.55 per cent of …

SC-ST Reservation to Continue Till Discrimination Remains in Society, Says Sushil Modi
4 years, 3 months ago

SC-ST Reservation to Continue Till Discrimination Remains in Society, Says Sushil Modi

News 18  

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday asserted that the reservation for SCs and STs will continue in Lok Sabha, state legislature and government jobs till discrimination among people and the practice of untouchability remain in the society. Addressing a function on Dr B R Ambedkar's 64th death anniversary, the former deputy chief minister of Bihar hailed the Centre …

The SC/ST Act- Reduced To Yet Another Footnote In The Quest For Social Justice?
4 years, 4 months ago

The SC/ST Act- Reduced To Yet Another Footnote In The Quest For Social Justice?

Live Law  

"A caste system gives us false comfort, makes us feel that the world is in order, that we automatically know the good guys from the bad guys." Towards the end of the movie we once again see an exchange of letter from between Siddharth and Geeta where Geeta, now living and working in the same village, informs Siddharth that yes …

Chandra Shekhar Aazad leads Bhim Army march against SC ruling on SC/ST reservations from Delhi's Mandi House to Jantar Mantar
5 years, 1 month ago

Chandra Shekhar Aazad leads Bhim Army march against SC ruling on SC/ST reservations from Delhi's Mandi House to Jantar Mantar

Firstpost  

New Delhi: A large number of Bhim Army members took out a protest march on Sunday against the Supreme Court’s ruling that state governments are not bound to provide reservation in promotions in public services. Supporters of Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad during a protest march against the Supreme Court’s ruling that state governments are not bound to provide …

Action sought against caste Hindus for attacking
5 years, 4 months ago

Action sought against caste Hindus for attacking

New Indian Express  

DHARMAPURI: Dalit residents of Bodinayakanpatti village near Harur on Monday petitioned the district collector S Malarvizhi demanding registration of a case under SC/ST Atrocities Act against a section of caste Hindus for allegedly attacking three Dalit men and setting their vehicles on fire. The victims who sustained injuries were admitted to government hospital in Harur and Dharmapuri Medical College Hospital, …

SC/ST Act: Supreme Court recalls directions of March 2018 verdict
5 years, 6 months ago

SC/ST Act: Supreme Court recalls directions of March 2018 verdict

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday recalled its direction in the March 20, 2018 verdict which had virtually diluted provisions of arrest under the SC/ST Act. Indicating that it would pass certain directions to "bring in equality" as per provisions of the law, the top court had said people belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are subjected to "discrimination" and …

Bharat bandh today as tribal, Dalit groups protest against SC's 13 Feb eviction order, demand ordinance to protect rights
6 years ago

Bharat bandh today as tribal, Dalit groups protest against SC's 13 Feb eviction order, demand ordinance to protect rights

Firstpost  

Tribal and Dalit rights organisations have called for bharat bandh on Tuesday protesting against the 13 February Supreme Court order, which had directed at least 21 states to evict traditional forest and tribal dwellers whose claims over the forest land have been rejected by authorities. The Centre had rushed to the top court for a modification of the order saying …

SC/ST Act: CJI To Consider Listing Of Centre's Review Petition And Challenge Against Amendments Together
6 years, 2 months ago

SC/ST Act: CJI To Consider Listing Of Centre's Review Petition And Challenge Against Amendments Together

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider listing the Centre's review petition against Judgment in Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan case, and petitions challenging the amendments to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, together before an appropriate bench. Attorney General K K Venugopal said that a bench headed by Justice A K Sikri had on Thursday passed an …

SC Adjourns Hearing Of Petition Challenging Validity Of SC/ST Amendment Act To Nov 20
6 years, 5 months ago

SC Adjourns Hearing Of Petition Challenging Validity Of SC/ST Amendment Act To Nov 20

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench of Justices A. K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan on Monday adjourned to November 20, being a Non-Miscellaneous Day, the hearing on a string of petitions challenging the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Amendment Act of 2018.Regarding it as a “minor modification”, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta requested for time until Friday to file. The Supreme Court bench …

Incidents of violence, vandalism and disruptions reported during Bharat Bandh
6 years, 6 months ago

Incidents of violence, vandalism and disruptions reported during Bharat Bandh

Op India  

The Congress party has called for a Bharat Bandh in protest of rising fuel prices across the country. According to reports, in Patna, the workers of Pappu Yadav’s Jan Adhikar Party have reportedly vandalised vehicles in the streets of Patna and have disrupted railways and roadways traffic in several locations. #Bihar pic.twitter.com/3SX1WRiPps — ANI September 10, 2018 Train transport has …

SC Issues Notice On Petitions Challenging Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act of 2018
6 years, 6 months ago

SC Issues Notice On Petitions Challenging Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act of 2018

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench of Justices A. K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a string of petitions challenging the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Amendment Act of 2018.However, the bench declined to stay the Amendment without according an opportunity of being heard to the government. The Supreme Court bench of Justices A. K. …

Bharat Bandh against SC/ST Act amendments an electoral conspiracy by BJP-RSS, says Mayawati
6 years, 6 months ago

Bharat Bandh against SC/ST Act amendments an electoral conspiracy by BJP-RSS, says Mayawati

Firstpost  

In a statement issued in New Delhi, she said the BJP is supporting such agitations to divert people’s attention from “burning” issues such as fuel price hike. New Delhi: BSP chief Mayawati on Friday dubbed the ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by some upper-caste OBC groups against the SC/ST Act as an “electoral conspiracy” of the Bharatiya Janata Party to divide people …

Bharat bandh against SC/ST Act: Protests carried out in many states; high alert issued in 35 districts of Madhya Pradesh
6 years, 6 months ago

Bharat bandh against SC/ST Act: Protests carried out in many states; high alert issued in 35 districts of Madhya Pradesh

Firstpost  

Hundreds of people from the upper caste communities took to the streets as part of the countywide agitation against The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act. Protests erupted in many states including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar affecting normal life. Hundreds of people from upper caste communities took to the streets as part of the countywide agitation …

Why upper caste groups called for Bharat Bandh over SC/ST Act
6 years, 6 months ago

Why upper caste groups called for Bharat Bandh over SC/ST Act

India Today  

About 35 small upper-caste groups today called for a Bharat Bandh against the recent amendment approved by Parliament to overturn a Supreme Court judgment over the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Act. The protesters demanded restoration of the Supreme Court judgment that watered down the SC/ST Act that provided for mandatory arrest of an accused named under this law. On March 20 …

OBCs, upper castes protest SC/ST Act in Madhya Pradesh
6 years, 6 months ago

OBCs, upper castes protest SC/ST Act in Madhya Pradesh

Live Mint  

Mumbai: Large sections of people from the other backward classes and upper castes have revolted against the amended Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, alleging that the Act is being misused. People took to the streets on 3 and 4 September across central and northern Madhya Pradesh, in districts such as Gwalior, Morena, Shivpuri, and Chambal, protesting the misuse of …

SC/ST Act: Madhya Pradesh on high alert as upper caste groups plan protest against reviving 'diluted' law
6 years, 6 months ago

SC/ST Act: Madhya Pradesh on high alert as upper caste groups plan protest against reviving 'diluted' law

Firstpost  

Several upper caste groups in Madhya Pradesh have brought thousands of youths together for a massive rally in Gwalior on Tuesday. Several upper caste groups in Madhya Pradesh have brought thousands of youths together to rally against the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act in Gwalior on Tuesday. Due to the lobbying of the central government to make amendments to the …

SC's effort to dilute Atrocities Act fraught with blind spots, threatened to do Dalits yet another injustice
6 years, 7 months ago

SC's effort to dilute Atrocities Act fraught with blind spots, threatened to do Dalits yet another injustice

Firstpost  

Most of us can never understand the plight of the lakhs of Dalits and therefore can never convince ourselves with a valid justification of the Atrocities Act It was the first week of April 2018. Background to the Act Before delving into the falsity in the decision of the Supreme Court, what is required is to understand why, in the …

SC/ST Act amendment may be a political game changer
6 years, 7 months ago

SC/ST Act amendment may be a political game changer

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The recently concluded monsoon session of Parliament stood out for its decision to safeguard the interests of social and financially weaker sections of people. The National Democratic Alliance under Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought a new legislation to overturn a Supreme Court order concerning certain provisions about arrests under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe law. The amendment …

RS passes amendments to SC/ST Act
6 years, 7 months ago

RS passes amendments to SC/ST Act

The Hindu  

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday unanimously cleared the amendments to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, overturning a March 2018 Supreme Court judgment pertaining to safeguard against the arrests under the Act. Special courts in States Replying to the debate on the Bill, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured …

SC's ruling was the catalyst that fired up the anger accumulated for decades'
6 years, 10 months ago

SC's ruling was the catalyst that fired up the anger accumulated for decades'

Deccan Chronicle  

There is a growing unrest among the dalit community and the April 2 “Bharat Bandh” called by dalit groups was just an outcome of the ‘frustration and anger’ that had been simmering for decades. In an interview to Yojna Gusai, BJP’s dalit face and Northwest Delhi MP Udit Raj says dalits’ aspirations and expectations have changed, and simply eating at …

Supreme Court verdict diluting SC/ST Atrocities Act will increase caste-based violence, fear Dalit activists
6 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court verdict diluting SC/ST Atrocities Act will increase caste-based violence, fear Dalit activists

Firstpost  

Human rights activists and Dalit leaders worry that the apex court’s ruling will lead to an increase in atrocities committed against Dalits and other religious minorities On 20 March, the Supreme Court had laid down new guidelines that would protect people — including both public officials and private individuals — from immediate arrest under the SC/ST Act, leading to widespread …

SC/ST Act: Tamil Nadu government to file review petition in Supreme Court; state joins Kerala
6 years, 11 months ago

SC/ST Act: Tamil Nadu government to file review petition in Supreme Court; state joins Kerala

Firstpost  

AIADMK ruled-Tamil Nadu will file a review petition in the Supreme Court challenging its order modifying certain provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, joining Kerala and three BJP-ruled states in taking such a step. Chennai: AIADMK ruled-Tamil Nadu will file a review petition in the Supreme Court challenging its order modifying certain provisions of the Scheduled Castes …

State to challenge SC judgment on SC/ST Act, says Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh
6 years, 11 months ago

State to challenge SC judgment on SC/ST Act, says Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government will file a review petition in the Supreme Court challenging its order modifying certain provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Act, Chief Minister Raman Singh said on Tuesday. Singh said his government had also revoked a police department circular for implementation of the Supreme Court order across the state. The state government will file …

Shutdown in Kerala to protest dilution of SC/ST act affects normal life
6 years, 11 months ago

Shutdown in Kerala to protest dilution of SC/ST act affects normal life

Hindustan Times  

The 12-hour Kerala bandh called by various Dalit organisations to protest the alleged dilution of SC/ST Act and violence against community members in north India affected normal life in the state. Members of Dalit community organisations stage protest in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday over the alleged dilution of the SC/ST Act. Stray incidents of violence were reported from many places and …

What Supreme Court’s dilution of SC/ST Act means for Dalit women
6 years, 11 months ago

What Supreme Court’s dilution of SC/ST Act means for Dalit women

Live Mint  

Mumbai: A dilution of the stringent provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989 is going to affect Dalit women far more than men. If one excludes the category “others”, crimes against SC/ST women constitute the biggest category of crimes against SC/STs, data from the National Crime Records Bureau shows. In Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Uttarakhand, crimes against …

SC/ST Act row: Amit Shah accuses Rahul Gandhi of spreading rumour, inciting hatred in society
6 years, 11 months ago

SC/ST Act row: Amit Shah accuses Rahul Gandhi of spreading rumour, inciting hatred in society

India TV News  

BJP president Amit Shah today accused Congress chief Rahul Gandhi of spreading rumour over SC/ST Act in order to incite hatred in the society. In a tweet, Amit Shah posted an undated video in which Rahul Gandhi talks about alleged anti-Dalit policies of the Modi government and at one point, he says "the SC/ST Act has been scrapped." See how …

SC stands by its judgement on SC/ST Act, says the rights of the innocent must be protected too
6 years, 11 months ago

SC stands by its judgement on SC/ST Act, says the rights of the innocent must be protected too

Op India  

The Supreme Court of India has stated that its order on March 20, which provided safeguards against the misuse of the stringent SC/ST Act, is only meant to protect the innocent and prevent arbitrary arrests of innocents. Pronouncing verdict in the case of Dr Subhash Kashinath Mahajan versus the State of Maharashtra & others, the Supreme Court had ruled that …

Day after Bharat Bandh', mob burns homes of 2 Dalit politicians in Rajasthan
6 years, 11 months ago

Day after Bharat Bandh', mob burns homes of 2 Dalit politicians in Rajasthan

Deccan Chronicle  

Jaipur: Violence from Monday’s ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by Dalit organisations against the Supreme Court's decision diluting the SC/ST act spilled over on Tuesday with Dalit houses and establishments coming under attack. According to him, after incidents and arson, a mob of about 5,000 people from surrounding areas gathered and reached BJP MLA Rajkumari Jatav and former Congress minister Bharosi Lal …

Bharat Bandh: Mob attacks MLA's house in Rajasthan
6 years, 11 months ago

Bharat Bandh: Mob attacks MLA's house in Rajasthan

Deccan Chronicle  

Jaipur: Violence from Monday’s ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by Dalit organisations against Supreme Court's decision diluting the SC/ST act spilled over on Tuesday with Dalit houses and establishments coming under attack. Curfew was imposed in Hindaun in Karauli district after a mob attacked and torched homes of BJP MLA Rajkumari Jatav and Congress leader and former MLA Bharosi Lal Jatav. Two …

Dalit protests: Outfits at centre of Bharat Bandh refuse to take blame for arson
6 years, 11 months ago

Dalit protests: Outfits at centre of Bharat Bandh refuse to take blame for arson

Hindustan Times  

Bheem Sena and Meen Sena, the two organisations at the forefront of the April 2 nationwide strike in protest against the alleged dilution of a law safeguarding scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, were known little in Rajasthan until the protests turned violent on Monday. Members of Dalit community stage protest during 'Bharat Bandh' against the alleged 'dilution' of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled …

Bharat Bandh violence: Sub Inspector Mahendra Chowdhary succumbs to injuries in Rajasthan's Jodhpur
6 years, 11 months ago

Bharat Bandh violence: Sub Inspector Mahendra Chowdhary succumbs to injuries in Rajasthan's Jodhpur

India TV News  

The violence erupted during protests against the Supreme Court ruling on the SC/ST Act review has claimed another life. Sub Inspector Mahendra Chowdhary, who was severely injured during Dalit protests in Rajasthan's Jodhpur on Monday, succumbed to death in a hospital today. A day after Dalit protesters staged violent protests across the nation against the apex court's ruling, at least …

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