SC/ST Act
- 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…
- India
Delhi LG sanctions prosecution of activists accused of ‘insulting’ Constitution
New Delhi: Delhi Lt. Governor, V.K. Saxena has sanctioned prosecution of two activists of “Youth Equality Foundation” and the “Aarakshan Virodhi Party” for insulting the Constitution at a protest on August 9,…
- India
46-yr-old Dalit man lynched over drawing of water in Rajasthan
Jodhpur: A 46-year-old Dalit man was beaten to death over drawing of water from a tubewell in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, police said on Monday. The accused also hurled casteist slurs at Kishanlal Bheel…
- Telangana
Telangana: YS Sharmila booked under SC/ST act for making remarks against TRS MLA
Hyderabad: The YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) president, YS Sharmila, has been booked by Jogipet Police (Sangareddy district) for violating the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for uttering ‘derogatory remarks’ about Andole MLA…
- India
UP: Minor Dalit girl gang-raped, set on fire succumbs to burns
A 16-year-old Dalit girl was gang raped and then set on fire by two persons in the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident happened on September 7 when the victim was…
- India
BJP, RSS giving communal colour to Lakhimpur Kheri rape, murder case: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress Friday accused the BJP and RSS of giving communal colour to the alleged rape and murder of two Dalit sisters in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri and demanded that…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad ex-mayor Bonthu Rammohan booked under charges of cheating, SC/ST act
Hyderabad: Former city Mayor Bonthu Rammohan has been charged by Rachakonda police with defrauding a business partner and also under the SC/ST Atrocities Act. The police proceeded in response to a complaint…
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