Rajasthan High Court
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“Khap Panchayats are informal, quasi-judicial bodies prevalent in villages, particularly in northern and western India. These organizations impose severe penalties and fines based on age-old traditions, enforcing outdated customs on modern societal issues.”

Rajasthan High Court
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“Teli is a caste traditionally occupied in the pressing of oil in India, Nepal and Pakistan, and members of this caste may be either Hindu or Muslim, and Muslim-Teli are also called as Roshandaar or Teli Malik.”

Discrimination in prisons
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States and Union Territories have been directed to revise and change the prison manuals to end caste-based allotment of work.

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Supreme Court: In a case where abuses were hurled by a person of upper caste at a person belonging to Scheduled Caste