sc/st act

Pratapgarh (UP), March 27 A court here has sentenced five people to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of a Dalit man in 2001.Additional District and Sessions Judge (SC/ST Act) Hemant Kumar pronounced the verdict after finding the accused guilty based on the evidence presented...

New Delhi, March 25 The Vishva Hindu Parishad welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict on Wednesday, stating that only Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists can be recognized as Scheduled Castes, saying it strengthens the fundamental principles of the Constitution, social justice, and the rule of law.In a...

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that a person belonging to a Scheduled Caste community who converts to a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism loses their Scheduled Caste status from the moment of conversion, regardless of their birth.A bench of...

March 24, New Delhi – The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday upheld a ruling by the Andhra Pradesh High Court, stating that once an individual converts to Christianity and actively professes and practices the faith, they can no longer be considered a member of the Scheduled Caste community.The...

New Delhi, March 24 The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that no person professing a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism can be considered a member of a Scheduled Caste.A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and NV Anjaria, upholding an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court...

New Delhi, March 24 – The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a ruling by the Andhra Pradesh High Court, stating that a person who has converted to Christianity and continues to profess and practice the faith cannot claim the status of a Scheduled Caste.A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra...

Noida, March 20 Noida Police has suspended a station house officer and a sub-inspector for allegedly failing to invoke relevant legal provisions, including those under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act and the SC/ST Act, in a rape case registered earlier this...

New Delhi, March 13 A day after three members of a family in Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, allegedly committed suicide due to threats of being falsely implicated in SC/ST cases, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking directions to allow a person or victim to file a...

New Delhi, March 11 A Delhi court on Wednesday granted a 30-day interim bail to the married couple accused of hurling racial slurs at their neighbors from Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.Additional Sessions Judge Samar Vishal granted interim bail to the accused, Harsh Priya Singh and Ruby Jain...

New Delhi, March 11 A Delhi court on Wednesday granted a 30-day interim bail to the couple, accused of hurling racial slurs at their neighbors from Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.Additional Sessions Judge Samar Vishal granted interim bail to the accused, Harsh Priya Singh and Ruby Jain, on a...

New Delhi, March 9 – Former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan expressed grief over the death of 26-year-old Tarun Kumar in Uttam Nagar, Delhi. He condemned the violent escalation from a minor Holi incident and called for the harshest punishment for those responsible.In a heartfelt post on X...

New Delhi, March 8 The Delhi Police arrested another accused on Sunday in connection with the killing of a 26-year-old man during a clash between two families in southwest Delhi's Uttam Nagar on the night of the Holi festival, an official said.The police have so far arrested a total of seven...

New Delhi, March 8 The Municipal Corporation of Delhi carried out a demolition drive on Sunday and razed illegal portions of a house linked to one of the accused in the Uttam Nagar Holi clash case, in which a 26-year-old man was killed, police sources said.Heavy police and paramilitary...

New Delhi, March 8: Authorities have initiated demolition action against the property of the main accused in the Uttam Nagar murder case in Delhi, where a 26-year-old man was killed following a dispute during Holi celebrations.The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) carried out the demolition...

Sonbhadra (UP), February 24 A court here issued a non-bailable warrant and an attachment notice against Bhojpuri singer Antara Singh, also known as Priyanka, and the owner of an event management company in a case related to alleged caste-based abuse and criminal intimidation, an official said...

Barabanki (UP), February 13 Uttar Pradesh Police has detained Samajwadi Party national spokesperson Manoj Yadav under the SC/ST Act from the Safdarganj area here, officials said on Friday.According to officials, Yadav was intercepted in the Safdarganj locality while he was passing through the...

Prayagraj, February 12 The Allahabad High Court has observed that a person's caste at birth remains the same even if they change religions, while granting relief to a woman, stating that even marriage does not change her caste.Justice Anil Kumar made this observation while dismissing a...

New Delhi, February 11 The Supreme Court has stated that upholding the rule of law requires the court to remember that the process itself can become a punishment if this responsibility is not exercised with care, as it quashed charges of caste-based violence against a whistleblower in the Madhya...