SC/ST Act
- 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…
