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DC Kashyap said, "Forty cases registered under the Act since 2018 are currently pending in courts, which have also declined to accept the cancellation and untrace reports in some of the cases. It is a matter of concern."

Scrutinise court judgments under SC/ST Act to build stronger cases: Shimla DC

December 31, 2025 8:52 pm

Shimla SP Sanjeev Gandhi said, "Instructions of Deputy Commissioner were noted. The particular case registered on the complaint of a policeman's wife will be probed again."

Supreme Court Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan said the high court granted bail to the accused ignoring prior cancellation of bail and abuse of liberty, failing to consider the death of a material witness.

'Perverse, arbitrary': Supreme Court sets aside order giving bail to accused who killed eye witness while out of jail

December 23, 2025 11:11 am

SC ST Atrocities Act Bail: Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan said that the high court granted bail to the accused ignoring prior cancellation of bail and abuse of liberty, failing to consider the death of a material witness.

The FIR was based on the statement of witness Lakshman Vishwakarma, who claimed that Sahani, born a Hindu, had converted to Christianity and held prayer meetings where he allegedly used offensive language about Hindu deities.

In alleged religious conversion case, why Scheduled Caste identity came up in Allahabad HC

December 07, 2025 2:36 pm

How does the Constitution view people from the Scheduled Castes who convert to another religion?

Allahabad High Court took a serious view of a case related to a SC/ST Act

Allahabad HC directs Dalit women to refund compensation for misuse of SC/ST Act

November 07, 2025 2:10 pm

Allahabad HC judgment 2025, Allahabad High Court SC/ST Act: The Allahabad High Court, while hearing the appeal of 19 accused, pointed out that the sequence of events suggested an attempt to manipulate the criminal justice process.

The Meghalaya High Court in a recent ruling held that the State cannot insist on the Scheduled Caste (SC) and the Scheduled Tribes (ST) students to produce Aadhaar cards as a mandatory document for availing financial benefits under the post-matric scholarship scheme.

State can’t insist SC/ST students for Aadhaar card to avail post-matric scholarship scheme: Meghalaya HC

November 04, 2025 6:37 pm

Meghalaya HC Aadhaar Ruling, SC/ST Students scholarship scheme: Students from SC/ST category of Meghalaya claimed they were denied the benefits of post matriculation scholarship scheme for want of Aadhaar card.

The decision follows protests by nomadic SC communities against the merging of subgroups with the touchable SC category, contrary to Justice Das Commission recommendations.

Karnataka High Court restrains Govt from making appointments based on new SC internal quotas

October 20, 2025 3:00 pm

The Karnataka High Court has temporarily barred the state government from making appointments under the new internal quota scheme for Scheduled Castes (SC), following a petition by nomadic SC communities challenging the allocation formula.

Bengaluru woman booked for verbally abusing BBMP officials during data collection for caste survey at her apartment

June 30, 2025 12:54 pm

The incident at HSR Layout in Bengaluru allegedly disrupted the caste survey process, and the BBMP officials had to carry it out the next day.

HC acquits rape convict of charges under SC/ST Act; cites amendments in Act, Supreme Court judgment

May 15, 2025 9:05 pm

The bench observed that the victim, who was a minor at the time of the incident, did not state in her testimony that the accused raped her because she was from SC/ST community

In landmark move, Haryana announces reservation for Deprived Scheduled Castes, Other SCs in Group D recruitment

May 14, 2025 3:25 pm

Terming the decision “historic”, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini said it will bridge disparities and ensure equitable distribution of reservation benefits.

The caste that doesn’t want to be counted

May 06, 2025 12:08 pm

Names like ‘Paliya’ are not just labels. They are wounds — and also acts of survival, dignity, and resistance. A just census must see without shaming, count without erasing, and recognise without punishing