A person belonging to a higher caste cannot be deprived of exercising his legal rights just because his opponent is a member of the SC / ST community, the Supreme Court has ruled. In a remarkable judgment on the interpretation of the law that protects SC / ST communities from …
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‘The insult must be specifically intended to humiliate the victim for his caste’ All insults or intimidation of people belonging to Dalit or tribal communities will not be a crime under the Programmed Castes and Tribes (Atrocity Prevention) Act, the Supreme Court said in a ruling Thursday. An offense is …
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