Allahabad High Court Overturns SC/ST Act Cognizance, Stresses Need for Proving Intent to Humiliate

The Allahabad High Court has set aside a cognizance order implicating an individual under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, emphasizing that mere victimhood of a member of the SC/ST community does not automatically implicate the accused under the Act. Justice Sadhna Rani (Thakur) clarified that for the 1989 Act to apply, there must be […]