No interim relief for TCS case accused Nida Khan, Nashik court seeks police response on her pleaA Nashik court has not granted interim protection from arrest to Nida Khan, an accused in a sexual harassment and religious coercion case a...
VYAPAM case: Supreme Court quashes charges under SC/ST Act against whistleblowerVYAPAM whistleblower: Anand Rai had challenged the Madhya Pradesh high court order upholding the framing of charges in a case of caste-base...
'False SC-ST cases rising': Court sends woman to 3 years in jail for filing fabricated complaintA Lucknow court convicted a woman for a false SC/ST complaint, sentencing her to jail to curb misuse of the Act. The ruling emphasizes that...
Allahabad High Court orders CBI probe into cases filed for extortionThe court was told that several "gangs" run by women at the behest of advocates and other high profile persons would trap innocent persons ...
SC/ST Act: Supreme Court recalls directions of Mar 2018 verdictA bench of justices Arun Mishra, M R Shah and B R Gavai said the struggle of SC/ST people for equality is still not over and they still fac...
Supreme Court once again refuses to stay amendments to SC/ST ActA bench headed by Justice UU Lalit said the issue requires hearing in detail and it will be appropriate if all matters are heard on Februar...
SC/ST Act: Apex court gives time to petitioner to collect data on FIRs lodgedIn its March 20 verdict, the court had held that there will be no immediate arrest on any complaint filed under the law.
No one will be falsely implicated in SC/ST Act cases: Jyotiraditya ScindiaScindia made the assurance Friday when protesters hailing from unreserved categories arrived here to register their anger at the amendments...
SC/ST Act is posing political trouble for the BJP in Madhya PradeshBJP state spokesperson, Rajneesh Agrawal told ET that this is a sensitive issue but said there may a “conspiracy” behind raising it in MP a...
Cabinet approves bill to overturn Supreme Court order on SC/ST ActDalit groups across the country have announced a 'Bharat Bandh' on August 9 against dilution of the SC/ST Act.
SC/ST Act, reservation to stay till BJP is in power: Amit ShahThe BJP chief, while addressing a rally in Chhattisgrah, warned the masses saying the Congress would use elections as an opportunity to spr...
SC rejects Centre's plea to stay its verdict on SC/ST lawThe top court also strongly disagreed with the Centre's contention that its March 20 verdict had led to loss of lives in the violence that ...
Supreme Court agrees to hear Centre's review petition on SC/ST Act, hearing likely next weekThe government had come under attack from Opposition demanding a review or bring an amendment to undo the Supreme Court’s ruling.
SC/ST Act hearing: Apex Court refuses stay on its March 20 verdict, says it didn’t dilute ActCentre had filed a review petition on Monday against a recent verdict of a two-judge bench which introduced safeguards to prevent misuse of...
Make caste census public, says Union Minister Ramdas AthawaleAthawale, the founder of the Republican Party of India (A), an NDA ally, has said he would take up this demand with Prime Minister Modi.
SC/ST act row: No bar on paying compensation or lodging FIR, says SCThe top court also said that its verdict only safeguards the abuse of power of arrest or of false implication of an innocent without affect...
Innocent citizens cannot be terrorised by SC/ST Act provisions, says Supreme CourtThe apex court said that it is not against the SC/ST Act and the "provisions of anticipatory bail have been introduced as unlike other laws...