#atrocities act

Atrocities case not to pressurise ex-CP to withdraw complaint against Anil Deshmukh: Cop to Bombay HC

Inspector Bhimrao Ghadge filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court on Thursday, saying his case under the Atrocities Act lodged against former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh was not to pressurise him to withdraw his complaint against ex-Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh. Ghadge filed the affidavit through his advocate S B Talekar, opposing Singh’s petition seeking to quash the FIR…

Man booked under Atrocities Act for assaulting traffic cop in Mumbai

Image Source : PTI/REPRESENTATIONAL. Man booked under Atrocities Act for assaulting traffic cop. The Mumbai police have registered a separate case under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against a man who assaulted an on-duty traffic constable here, an official said on Friday. The accused Jatin Satara (35) had allegedly abused and used foul language, while…

Supreme Court: Offence under SC/ST Act only if intention to humiliate

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By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: November 6, 2020 9:00:13 am

It contended that “these changes will have an irreparable impact on the rights of Indian citizens, including creation of domicile rights and third-party rights in land ownership”. (File photo)

Not every offending remark against a member of the Scheduled Caste…

  Background:-

Recently several states were affected by violence and clashes following Bandh call given by several SC/ST organisations protesting the Supreme court’s recent judgement on SC/ST act in Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. State of Maharashtra.The earlier amendments which tried to make the act stringent did not serve the purpose as well.

Key findings of the NCRB report :-

India has over…

Uprising of the underprivileged and what they should be really agitating for

Courts and civil administration do not protect people, banks do not protect people’s hard earned money, government does not seem to be bothered by ever rising inflation, fuel price, corruption and unemployment and just when I thought India has spiralled out of control, the next big one has bolted out of nowhere: agitation of the people from the lowest strata of the society known as the Dalits .…