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Calcutta High Court SC/ST Act phone call abuse

Why Calcutta High Court said caste-based abuse over phone call doesn't attract SC/ST Act

December 30, 2025 11:00 am

Calcutta High Court SC/ST Act: Justice Jay Sengupta observed that the provisions of the SC/ST Act were not prima facie attracted if the alleged caste based abuses were hurled over the telephone and not in public view.

The Rajasthan High Court orders no further jail for 90-year-old accused persons reducing sentence reduced to period already undergone in a 30 years old case.

Rajasthan High Court sets free two men in their 90s from 32-year-old case

December 23, 2025 2:41 pm

Old Age Criminal Appeal: Justice Farjand Ali took into consideration the old age of the accused, the prolonged pendency of the case and the anxiety undergone by them during this time.

Parliament committee on SC/ST welfare visits DU to assess compliance with reservation norms

April 13, 2025 12:41 pm

The Democratic Teachers' Front has claimed that there is a systemic denial of appointments at Delhi University for candidates from reserved categories.

The SC/ST Act has been in place since 1989. (Express Photo by Sahil Walia)

Offence not committed in ‘public view’: Why Bombay HC quashed SC/ST Act case

January 30, 2025 9:53 pm

The court held that a ‘mere insult or intimidation with a view to humiliate’ does not comprise an offence. While the incident ‘need not be in a public place, it has to be in public view’, the court said

BJP pushes for CBI probe into ST Development Corporation scam; Karnataka Oppn terms officer’s suicide ‘govt-sponsored murder’

July 16, 2024 11:11 am

Speaking during the Zero Hour on Monday, Leader of Opposition R Ashoka termed the suicide of KMVSTDC superintendent Chandrashekaran P – which exposed the embezzlement of funds from KMVSTDC – as a “government-sponsored murder”

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Rajasthan: SC/ST groups bat for higher representation

April 03, 2023 7:33 am

Apparently, the ministers were also unhappy at being made to sit in front of the stage, and not on the stage. A few people also clashed on the stage after Meghwal got down.

Karnataka Cabinet approves proposal to hike SC, ST reservation

October 08, 2022 10:31 pm

The government will resort to Schedule 9 of the Constitution to implement the hiked quota to avoid judicial scrutiny as the total reservation figure will go beyond the 50 per cent cap to 56 per cent.

House panel expresses concern over fall in SC/ST scholarship scheme beneficiaries

August 05, 2022 11:39 pm

In it report presented to Lok Sabha on Friday, the committee on welfare of SCs and STs, chaired by BJP MP Kirit Premjibhai Solanki, has “censured the discriminatory action” of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs whose guidelines govern the centrally sponsored schemes.

Reshuffle reflects renewed focus of Congress to retain SC/ST support base in eastern Rajasthan

November 24, 2021 6:55 am

Among the new faces, eight out of the 15 newly-appointed ministers come from four districts — Bharatpur, Alwar, Dausa and Karauli — all situated in eastern Rajasthan.