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SC/ST

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Interchangeability of unfilled posts of SC/ST category can be done only by the department concerned, not by appointing authority : SC

Supreme Court: The bench of Indidra Banerjee and JK Maheshwari*, JJ the interchangeability of the vacant unfilled posts of SC category may

Published on March 14, 2022March 14, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ker HC | “Marrying a Christian man would not wipe off the benefit of reservation granted to a scheduled caste persons”, HC reiterates caste of a person is to be decided on the basis of birth

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijayaraghavan V, J., held that marrying a Christian man would not wipe off the benefit of a reservation

Published on February 8, 2022February 11, 2022By Editor
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Kar HC | “Complainant being 27 years knew the consequences of having  intercourse with the appellant”; Bail granted

Karnataka High Court: Sreenivas Harish Kumar J. allowed the appeal for bail and set aside the order passed by the LXX Additional

Published on January 27, 2022January 27, 2022By Editor
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Merely because the same caste is recognized as Scheduled Caste in the migrant State, a migrant cannot be recognized as Scheduled Caste of that State: SC

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of M. R. Shah* and A.S. Bopanna, JJ., held that a person belonging to Scheduled Caste

Published on January 20, 2022January 21, 2022By Editor
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Tri HC | Special Investigation Team constituted to conduct fair investigation in case of mob lynch of ST member; Court issues directions

Tripura High Court: The Division Bench of Akil Kureshi, CJ and S.G. Chattopadyay, J., decided in a petition which was filed by

Published on October 21, 2021October 29, 2021By Editor
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

P&H HC| Whether derogatory remarks made during private conversation would attract provisions of SC & ST Act? Can a stranger to dispute invoke provisions of the Act?

“No FIR under SC&ST Act (can) be registered at the instance of third party, unless an opinion is sought from the District Attorney (Legal) that the complainant falls within the definition of victim as per SC&ST Act.”

Published on October 20, 2021October 20, 2021By Editor
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Nothing wrong with OBC Reservation for consecutive term for the office of Mayor; SC interprets Maharashtra Rules

Supreme Court: The bench of L. Nageswara Rao v. BR Gavai*, JJ has set aside the judgment of the Aurangabad bench of

Published on September 8, 2021September 16, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Born in a district of Bihar that’s now a part of Jharkhand? Here’s where you can claim reservation

Supreme Court: The bench of UU Lalit and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has held that such persons whose place of origin/domicile on or

Published on September 3, 2021September 10, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 [Full Report]

Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has upheld the constitutional validity of the

Published on February 10, 2020February 14, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Hot Off The PressNews

SC| No stay on proposed amendments to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act

Supreme Court: A bench headed by Justice Dr, AK Sikri refused to stay the proposed amendments to the SC & ST (Prevention of

Published on January 24, 2019March 12, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Emoji is sent to express one’s feelings about something and cannot be treated as an overt act by others

Madras High Court: The Single Judge Bench of S.S.Sundar, J. quashed the criminal complaint against BSNL employees who had put smiling emoji

Published on June 13, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Centre given “green” signal for reservation in SC/ST employees’ promotion till further decision

Supreme Court: The Vacation Bench comprising of Adarsh Kumar Goel and Ashok Bhushan JJ., allowed the Centre to go ahead with the

Published on June 6, 2018December 27, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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