"Prima Facie Insulting SC/ST Communities":Delhi High Court Upholds Order For Registering FIR For Caste-Based Questions In Recruitment Exam By DSSSB
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"Prima Facie Insulting SC/ST Communities":Delhi High Court Upholds Order For Registering FIR For Caste-Based Questions In Recruitment Exam By DSSSB

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Holding that caste-based questions put in the primary teachers' recruitment exams conducted by the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board were prima facie intentionally insulting, or intimidating, with a view to insult members of specific castes, the Delhi High Court today upheld a trial court order directing for the registration of an FIR against unknown offenders under the. Holding that caste-based questions put in the primary teachers' recruitment exams conducted by the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board were prima facie intentionally insulting, or intimidating, with a view to insult members of specific castes, the Delhi High Court today upheld a trial court order directing for the registration of an FIR against unknown offenders under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Act,1989. The questions which the Delhi High Court held as being prima facie insulting were included in question papers of the Primary Teachers' Recruitment examinations held on Oct 13, 2018 and Aug 18, 2019, which are conducted by the DSSSB. The court also refused to accept the contention of DSSSB that the complainant doesn't fall within the ambit of S.2 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989, stating that in as much as he falls within the definition of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, "it cannot be said that there was no mental or emotional harm caused to him by reading the newspaper reports in relation to the question papers, set with prima facie casteist remarks, which were put forth in the public domain by an instrumentality of the State."

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Hindustan Times  

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New Indian Express  

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New Indian Express  

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6 months, 1 week ago

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The Hindu  

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

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9 months, 1 week ago

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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10 months, 1 week ago

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Hindustan Times  

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

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India TV News  

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1 year ago

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ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the proceedings in a criminal case lodged against Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai for allegedly delivering a hate speech against Christians in an interview to a YouTube channel in October 2022 with regard to bursting firecrackers. Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra and advocate Sai Deepak, appearing in the court on behalf of Annamalai, showed …

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Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that in cases where an appeal against an order would lie under Section 14A of the SC/ST Act, 1989, the aggrieved person cannot invoke the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court under Section 482 CrPC to challenge the order. The Court also noted that Section 14-A starts with the words “notwithstanding anything contained in …

Court Seeks Delhi Police's Action Taken Report On Sameer Wankhede's Complaint Against IPS Officer Gyaneshwar Singh
1 year, 1 month ago

Court Seeks Delhi Police's Action Taken Report On Sameer Wankhede's Complaint Against IPS Officer Gyaneshwar Singh

Live Law  

A Delhi Court has sought an action taken report from the Delhi Police on the complaint filed by IRS Officer Sameer Wankhede against IPS Officer and NCB DDG Gyaneshwar Singh. Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala of Patiala House Courts issued notice to the Deputy Commissioner of Police and ordered that an action taken report be filed in respect of …

Delhi High Court Seeks Response Of Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat On Ashok Gehlot's Plea Against Summons In Defamation Case
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court Seeks Response Of Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat On Ashok Gehlot's Plea Against Summons In Defamation Case

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on an appeal filed by Rajasthan's former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot challenging a trial court order upholding his summoning in a criminal defamation case filed by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought response of Shekhawat within two weeks and listed the matter for hearing next on March 06. …

Supreme Court Rejects Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Gag Media From Reporting Calcutta HC Hearing In Recruitment Scam Case
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Rejects Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Gag Media From Reporting Calcutta HC Hearing In Recruitment Scam Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday declined Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee's request for a gag order restraining media coverage of the proceedings before a single judge of the Calcutta High Court monitoring the probe into an alleged multi-tier recruitment scam in the state. During today's hearing, Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan pressed for a 'suspension of reportage', arguing – “Certain remarks …

Delhi Court Dismisses Ashok Gehlot's Appeal Against Defamation Plea
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi Court Dismisses Ashok Gehlot's Appeal Against Defamation Plea

News 18  

A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot against his summoning in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Additional Sessions Judge M K Nagpal rejected Gehlot’s appeal, filed against an order passed by a magisterial court, saying that the order did not suffer from any factual mistake, …

Delhi High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Former GGSIPU Dean, Says Accusations Were Made To Authorized Person In Good Faith
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Former GGSIPU Dean, Says Accusations Were Made To Authorized Person In Good Faith

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has quashed a defamation case filed against Dr Suman Gupta, former Professor and Dean, University School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, noting that the case fell under exception 8 to Section 499 IPC. The issue had arisen when the complainant/respondent No.1, who was an Assistant Professor of Law at GGSIPU, filed …

Delhi High Court Directs Reinstatement Of Private School Teachers, Says Approval From DoE Necessary For Accepting Alleged Resignations
1 year, 4 months ago

Delhi High Court Directs Reinstatement Of Private School Teachers, Says Approval From DoE Necessary For Accepting Alleged Resignations

Live Law  

In a relief to teachers of Rao Manohar Singh Memorial Sr. Secondary School, a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising the Chief Justice and Justice Sanjeev Narula today upheld the order of a Single Bench and directed reinstatement in service of the respondent-teachers. Aggrieved, the appellant had petitioned before a Single Judge of the Delhi High Court, averring …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Karnataka High Court Expresses Concern Over 'Haystack Of Frivolous Cases' Under SC/ST Act, Asks Police To Verify Allegations While Registering Crime

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court recently while quashing the criminal proceedings initiated against a school headmaster under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, by a school teacher, observed, “Haystack of frivolous cases have mushroomed to a large extent that searching a genuine case in the haystack has become like searching for a needle in a haystack, as most the cases …

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