SC/ST Act
- Telangana
SC/ST Act not applicable to pvt WhatsApp, email exchanges: Telangana HC
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has ruled that incidents occurring within four walls, through WhatsApp messages, or via private emails, do not fall under the definition of “public place” and hence cannot…
- Hyderabad
Real murderers being set free, allege parents of Class 6 girl killed in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The parents of Sahasra (Sahasrini), along with their relatives made a sit-in at the Kukatpally police station, alleging that the actual perpetrators of their daughter’s murder were let to go free.…
- Tollywood News
Tollywood actor Vijay Deverakonda booked under SC/ST Act
Hyderabad: Tollywood actor Vijay Deverakonda has landed in legal trouble after making a comment that upset tribal communities. A case has been filed against him under the SC/ST Atrocities Act for a…
- India
UP accounts for nearly half of 6.5L SC/ST atrocity helpline calls since 2021
New Delhi: Over 6.5 lakh calls have been received by the National Helpline Against Atrocities (NHAA) regarding the atrocities against SCs and STs since the launch of the helpline in December 2021,…
- Andhra Pradesh
SC/ST Act not applicable after conversion to Christianity: AP High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that individuals who convert to Christianity are not entitled to protection under the SC/ST Act. The High Court was hearing a case of a petitioner,…
- Telangana
Telangana HC denies relief to BRS MLA in SC-ST Act case
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has declined to provide relief to BRS LB Nagar legislator Devireddy Sudheer Reddy regarding an FIR filed against him for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Hasthinapuram corporator…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man sentenced to 10 yr jail for attempt to murder
Hyderabad: The VI Additional Sessions Court in Secunderabad has sentenced V Manohar Chary aged 48, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for attempted murder in a case stemming from 2018. Chary was convicted for…
- Telangana
Telangana: Chenchu woman tortured by her tenants, relatives in Kollapur
Hyderabad: In a ghastly incident of torture and sexual assault, a tribal Chenchu woman, who is a mother of three children, was brutally tortured by two people whose farm she worked at…
- Andhra Pradesh
YSRCP MLC sentenced to 18 months jail for tonsuring Dalit youths
Visakhapatnam: A court in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam on Tuesday sentenced YSR Congress Party MLC Thota Trimurthulu and eight others to 18 months in jail in the 1996 case of tonsuring Dalit youths.…
- India
No offence under SC/ST Act if abuse is not in public: Allahabad HC
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has set aside the criminal proceedings against the owner of a school under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, observing that a person…
- India
SC issues notice to Centre on plea against provision of SC/ST Act
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea challenging a provision of the SC/ST Act providing for the compulsory punishment of death penalty. A bench headed by CJI…
- Telangana
Telangana: Warangal medico Dr Preethi passes away at NIMS
Hyderabad: Warangal PG medical student, Dr D Preethi, who attempted suicide on February 22, was declared dead on Sunday. “Despite continuous efforts by multidisciplinary team of specialist doctors, Dr Preethi could not…
- India
TN: DMK leader arrested after video abusing Dalit man surfaces; suspended
DMK leader D Manickam was arrested by the police under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for hurling casteist abuses at a Dalit young man who entered the Mariamman temple on January…
- India
NCP leader Awhad seeks action against IAS officer under SC/ST Act
Nagpur: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jitendra Awhad on Tuesday demanded action under the SC/ST Act against an IAS officer posted in Palghar district of Maharashtra. Speaking to reporters at the Vidhan…
- India
Three BJP leaders booked under SC/ST Act in Gujarat
Vadodara: Three BJP leaders have been booked under the SC-ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act) in Dabhoi town in Gujarat’s Vadodara. Vadodara Rural Deputy Superintendent of police (ST/SC cell) Aakash Patel said a…
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