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TopicSC/ST Act

Topic: SC/ST Act

Why Delhi HC ruled SC/ST Act cannot be invoked to obstruct bank’s claim over mortgaged property

HC stayed summons to Axis Bank officials by National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, moved by man alleging atrocities under SC/ST Act over bank effort to claim mortgaged property.

Chandigarh Police amend FIR in IPS officer ‘suicide’ case, invoke SC/ST Act section carrying life term

IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s IAS wife Amneet P Kumar had given representation to Chandigarh SSP, flagging 2 ‘irregularities’ in FIR, including a milder SC/ST Act section.

Dalit teen in Punjab ‘paraded half-naked, head shaved’ for ‘facilitating’ friend’s inter-caste marriage

Punjab police say 13 people booked & one arrested over the incident in Ludhiana. SHO says the couple are adults & married each other out of their own free will. 

Intellectual property theft comes under SC/ST Act. Win for Dalit couple, SC junks Maharashtra appeal

Hearing plea of couple whose research work had been stolen, Bombay HC in 2023 ruled that ‘property’ under Section 15A of SC/ST Act should encompass both tangible & intangible assets.  

‘They keep trying to kill Rohith again & again’ — Vemula family digs in for long fight

Amid police closure report, Rohith Vemula’s family meets with Telangana’s CM seeking fair investigation. ‘He lived as an SC, suspended as an SC, now suddenly he’s not an SC?’ says mother.

Rohith Vemula ‘was not a Dalit’, police tell HC in closure report. Brother calls it ‘absurd’

Hyderabad: The Telangana Police has closed its probe into the death of Rohith Vemula, claiming he was not a Dalit and died by suicide...

‘Foul language’ not enough to invoke SC/ST Act? Supreme Court should rethink

When someone uses derogatory terms like 'thief' for SC/ST individuals, they indirectly invoke the stigma of the colonial Criminal Tribes Act, which tarnished entire communities.

‘How dare you, Dalit’ — Morbi assault case for ‘demanding salary’ highlights state’s ‘cultural disaster’

Gujarat man Nilesh Dalsaniya claims he was beaten by at least 15 people, including former employers, for seeking pending dues of around Rs 5,000. SC community alleges such atrocity not new.

BJYM leader held for ‘assaulting’ tribal man in Madhya Pradesh, Congress ups ante against Shivraj

FIR lodged against BJP youth wing leader after video surfaces showing him & another accused trashing the man in Anuppur district. BJYM cancels membership of the accused.

Autopsy says no injuries, but in UP’s Auraiya, Dalit teen’s family says ‘he told us he was beaten’

Post-mortem report says the 15-yr-old died of septicaemia & cops point to ‘kidney infection’ as root cause. But family claims 'beating' at hands of teacher led to his death.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.