SCST Act

Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to man booked under SC/ST Act for calling complainant “bastard”
SC/ST Act cannot be invoked to stop banks from exercising mortgage rights: Delhi High Court
Anticipatory bail under SC/ST Act allowed only if no prima facie case is established: Supreme Court
Lucknow court sentences lawyer to life imprisonment for filing false rape cases under SC/ST Act
Christianity has no caste, Dalit converts cannot invoke SC/ST Act: Andhra Pradesh High Court
Mumbai Police to file closure report in SC/ST case filed by Sameer Wankhede against Nawab Malik
Bombay High Court quashes SC/ST case since assault, abuse did not occur in public view
Bombay High Court refuses to quash SC/ST case against two booked for slapping BSP MP
'Bhangi, Neech, Bhikhari, Mangani' not caste names: Rajasthan High Court drops SC/ST Act case
Video recording of bail proceedings under SC/ST Act mandatory even for sexual offences: Delhi High Court
Even appeal proceedings seeking registration of FIR under SC/ST Act should be video recorded: Bombay High Court
Proceedings under SC/ST Act should be video recorded even if held in open court: Bombay High Court
SC/ST Act not attracted if caste-based verbal abuse takes place inside house with no outsider: Allahabad High Court
Delhi High Court stays proceedings against Sony Pictures booked for derogatory language against Dhobi community
Women filing false POCSO, SC/ST Act cases to grab money from State, ruin image of innocent people: Allahabad High Court
Every little action that causes annoyance not offence under SC/ST Act unless it was done due to victim's caste: Madras High Court
Merely taking caste name without intention to insult will not constitute offence under SC/ST Act: Karnataka High Court
Offence under SC/ST Act made out only when committed against members of community "as a group": Madras High Court
In digital age, online abuse will attract SC/ST Act; physical presence of victim not necessary: Kerala High Court
Hazardous to hold that mere reference to caste wouldn't be an offence under SC/ST Act: Bombay High Court
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