SRM School of Law observes Social Justice Day with public lecture on ending manual scavenging and caste discrimination
“There Is a Direct Link Between Slavery and Livelihood”: Ramon Magsaysay Laureate Bezwada Wilson.
Caste based discrimination
A Person’s Caste Has No Place in an FIR: Pakistan SC issues directions banning caste, conversion status references in FIRs, arrest memos
The Court opined that practices of prefixing or suffixing names with caste identifiers in official police records perpetuate a social ill that the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan explicitly and unequivocally aims to eradicate.
Supreme Court Halts UGC 2026 Regulations; Revives 2012 Regulation pending Judicial Review
“Upon a prima facie consideration, it appears to us that some of the provisions of the Impugned Regulations suffer from certain ambiguities, and the possibility of their misuse cannot be ruled out.”
‘No person or group can block access to public temples based on caste’; Madras HC slams officials for closing Arulmigu Mariamman temple to avoid caste tensions
“The Constitution of India does not allow discrimination among devotees. God does not belong to any one caste. He does not discriminate. Only human beings do.”
Rajasthan High Court appoints panel to probe into Khap Panchayats’ illegal activities including honour killings, social boycotts, exorcism, etc.
“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 These organizations impose severe penalties and fines based on age-old traditions, enforcing outdated customs on modern societal issues.”
Member of ‘Teli’ caste falls within purview of OBC category, regardless of religion: Rajasthan High Court
“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.”
SC holds provisions of Prison Manuals/ Rules enabling caste-based discrimination of manual labour as unconstitutional
States and Union Territories have been directed to revise and change the prison manuals to end caste-based allotment of work.
Is obstruction & abuse by upper caste person due to property dispute an offence under SC/ST Act? Not in all cases, says SC
Supreme Court: In a case where abuses were hurled by a person of upper caste at a person belonging to Scheduled Caste