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Scheduled Caste sub-categorisation report not yet public, but deadline extended for suggestions

April 14, 2026 8:25 pm

VBA's Ambedkar warns of protests, oppn seeks data

A picture of Rakshit Sonawane, author of 'Scum of the Earth: A True Story from the Margins’.

'No party interested in annihilating caste': Rakshit Sonawane on his debut book Scum of the Earth, morality, and politics of Ambedkar

April 10, 2026 7:50 pm

In a candid interview, journalist-turned-author Rakshit Sonawane discusses his novel ‘Scum of the Earth’, and why the fight against caste must go beyond symbolism.

orissa high court slams government sc employee case

State without justice akin to ‘band of robbers’: Orissa High Court rebukes govt over SC employee’s two-decade ordeal

March 08, 2026 9:10 am

Quoting American activist Martin Luther King Jr, British philosopher Jeremy Bentham, Rabindranath Tagore and BR Ambedkar, the Orissa High Court asked if the state is the “first enemy of scrupulous citizens”.

SC, ST, OBC employees make up 66% of sanitation workers, 40% of Group A staff: DoPT report flags representation gaps

January 29, 2026 3:29 pm

Previous DoPT reports showed similar trends, with SC/ST/OBC employees making up 59 to 60 % of safai karamcharis in 2021 and 2022.

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Govt working on raising income limit for SC scholarships to Rs 4.5 lakh from Rs 2.5 lakh

January 16, 2026 4:37 am

The last hike in the income limit to avail these scholarships came into effect on April 1, 2013, when it was enhanced from Rs 2 lakh per annum to Rs 2.5 lakh. In 2013-14, 51.72 lakh SC

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 orders Shrawasti official to unseal private madarsa, says lack of recognition alone cannot stop operations.

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.