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    Caste-Based Abuse Over Phone Does Not Attract SC/ST Act: Calcutta High Court
    Caste-Based Abuse Over Phone Does Not Attract SC/ST Act: Calcutta High Court
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    Caste-Based Abuse Over Phone Does Not Attract SC/ST Act: Calcutta High Court

    The Calcutta High Court ruled that caste-based abuse made over a phone call does not attract the SC/ST Act. The decision came while hearing Nurul Aras’ anticipatory bail plea under Section 482, seeking protection from FIR charges.

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    No Prima Facie Atrocity if Abuse Not in Public View: Patna HC Grants Anticipatory Bail Under SC/ST Act
    No Prima Facie Atrocity if Abuse Not in Public View: Patna HC Grants Anticipatory Bail Under SC/ST Act
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    No Prima Facie Atrocity if Abuse Not in Public View: Patna HC Grants Anticipatory Bail Under SC/ST Act

    The Patna High Court ruled that the SC/ST Act cannot block anticipatory bail when caste-based abuse is not alleged to have occurred in public view. Finding the dispute purely civil, the Court granted protection to the accused.

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    Madras High Court Cracks Down on Police for Terming SC Atrocity Case as “Civil”, Orders Immediate FIR
    Madras High Court Cracks Down on Police for Terming SC Atrocity Case as “Civil”, Orders Immediate FIR
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    Madras High Court Cracks Down on Police for Terming SC Atrocity Case as “Civil”, Orders Immediate FIR

    The Madras High Court slammed police officers for refusing to register an FIR on an SC man’s land complaint by wrongly calling it a civil dispute. The court ruled that SC/ST Atrocities Act mandates compulsory FIR registration and ordered swift investigation.

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    Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to Kerala man booked under SC/ST Act for using word “bastard”
    Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to Kerala man booked under SC/ST Act for using word “bastard”
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    Supreme Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Kerala Man Booked under SC/ST Act for Using Word “Bastard”

    The Supreme Court ruled that the word “bastard” is not a caste-based slur, criticizing police for wrongly invoking the SC/ST Act. The Court granted anticipatory bail, noting no caste insult was mentioned in the FIR.

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    Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur Booked Over IPS Officer Y Puran Kumar’s Suicide: Wife Alleges Caste-Based Harassment
    Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur Booked Over IPS Officer Y Puran Kumar’s Suicide: Wife Alleges Caste-Based Harassment
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    Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur Booked Over IPS Officer Y Puran Kumar’s Suicide: Wife Alleges ‘Years of Mental Harassment’

    Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and Rohtak police chief Narendra Bijarnia have been named in an FIR for abetment to suicide and SC/ST Act violations following IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s death. His wife claims years of caste-based harassment by senior officers drove him to take his life.

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    Union Minister Ramdas Athawale Demands SC/ST Act Case After Shoe Attack on CJI Bhushan Gavai
    Union Minister Ramdas Athawale Demands SC/ST Act Case After Shoe Attack on CJI Bhushan Gavai
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    Union Minister Ramdas Athawale Demands SC/ST Act Case After Shoe Attack on CJI Bhushan Gavai

    Union Minister Ramdas Athawale has demanded strict action under the SC/ST Act against the 71-year-old man who tried to throw a shoe at Chief Justice of India Bhushan Gavai. The minister said the attack was caste-motivated, as Gavai belongs to the Dalit community.

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    SC/ST Act in Action: MP High Court Denies Bail to ‘Journalists’ Who Insulted SC Teacher as ‘Chindi Chor’ in News Report
    SC/ST Act in Action: MP High Court Denies Bail to ‘Journalists’ Who Insulted SC Teacher as ‘Chindi Chor’ in News Report
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    SC/ST Act in Action: MP High Court Denies Bail to ‘Journalists’ Who Insulted SC Teacher as ‘Chindi Chor’ in News Report

    Madhya Pradesh High Court rejected anticipatory bail for Mukesh Kumawat and Mohit Jat, who allegedly assaulted a Scheduled Caste teacher and called her a “chindi chor” in a news report. The Court noted prima facie intent to humiliate and upheld strict SC/ST Act provisions.

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    SC/ST Act Being Misused for Financial Benefits: Family Files 16 Cases in 15 Years, Under NCSC Probe in UP
    SC/ST Act Being Misused for Financial Benefits: Family Files 16 Cases in 15 Years, Under NCSC Probe in UP
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    SC/ST Act Being Misused for Financial Benefits: Family Files 16 Cases in 15 Years, Under NCSC Probe in UP

    A Hasthpur family from Aligarh’s Iglas region, led by Vishnu and his parents Chandrawati and Chandrapal, filed 16 SC/ST cases over 15 years, claiming police inaction, while officials state they received lakhs in compensation. The repeated cases have now prompted a formal investigation by a three-member National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) panel in Uttar Pradesh.

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    Supreme Court: "Bar on Anticipatory Bail Under SC/ST Act is Absolute if FIR Shows Prima Facie Offence”
    Supreme Court: "Bar on Anticipatory Bail Under SC/ST Act is Absolute if FIR Shows Prima Facie Offence”
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    Supreme Court: “Bar on Anticipatory Bail Under SC/ST Act is Absolute if FIR Shows Prima Facie Offence”

    The Supreme Court rules that under the SC/ST Act, anticipatory bail cannot be granted if the FIR prima facie discloses an offence, reaffirming the absolute bar under Section 18.

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    Petitioner & Lawyers Apologise to Telangana HC Judge After Supreme Court Warning: “Judges of High Courts Are in No Way Inferior”
    Petitioner & Lawyers Apologise to Telangana HC Judge After Supreme Court Warning: “Judges of High Courts Are in No Way Inferior”
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    Petitioner & Lawyers Apologise to Telangana High Court Judge After Supreme Court Warning

    A litigant and two advocates apologised to Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya after the Supreme Court directed them for making “scurrilous and scandalous” remarks. The SC reminded that “judges of high courts are in no way inferior to judges of the Supreme Court.”

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