Madras High Court, while considering a compromise plea in the 2018 Ambedkar poster desecration case, ensured genuine remorse from both youths. It also directed the State to include Ambedkar’s life history and achievements in the school curriculum from 2027–2028.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that free speech cannot justify terms like ‘casteist goons’, as such language unfairly criminalises entire communities. Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj rejected activist-lawyer Rajat Kalsan’s plea to quash the criminal case pending.
The Supreme Court held that continuing criminal proceedings after divorce, without specific allegations, only prolongs bitterness and burdens the justice system. The ruling came while quashing an FIR against a man and his family in a matrimonial dispute.
