Tags : ugc, ragging, discrimination, caste
Madras HC: Untouchability Includes All Forms of Social Ostracism, Not Merely Caste-Based Practice(26.06.2023)
Madras High Court has observed that Untouchability goes beyond the specific Caste-based practice and includes all practices of social ostracism and ex.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Untouchability, Caste-Based, Social Ostracism
J&K HC: Individual Seeking Reservation in EWS Must Not Fall Under Reserved Categories(17.03.2025)
J&K HC has observed that an individual seeking to claim reservation in the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category must not fall under any of the .....
Tags : J&K High Court, Economically Weaker Sections, Scheduled Castes
Delhi High Court: False Cases of Caste Discrimination Damages People’s Integrity(29.01.2018)
Delhi High Court has opined that false cases of caste discrimination are “equally divisive and pernicious to the integrity of the people of this natio.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Caste Discrimination
SC: Need Minimum Qualification for Being a Judge(26.07.2016)
SC has said that for selecting a judge, there has to be a minimum qualification, while refusing to entertain a petition that sought a lower qualificat.....
Tags : SC , Haryana Judicial Service Exam, Scheduled Caste
SC Dismisses Govt's Plea to Direct Centre to Share Raw Caste Census Data of SECC 2011(15.12.2021)
Supreme Court has dismissed the writ petition filed by the State of Maharashtra seeking to direct the Union Government to share the raw census data co.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Raw Caste Census Data of SECC 2011
Delhi HC: Broadcaster Must Be Cautious While Airing Content Which May Disturb Prudent Viewers(22.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that a professional broadcaster is expected to bear in mind the minimum precautions which must be exercised while broadcasti.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Broadcasters, Prudent Viewers
Karnataka HC Issues Notice on PIL Alleging Caste Verification Committee is Non-Functional(07.06.2021)
Karnataka High Court has issued notice to the State government on a public interest litigation petition alleging that the district caste verification .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Caste Verification Committee
Patna HC Allows Caste Based Survey Being Undertaken by the State of Bihar(02.08.2023)
Patna High Court while dismissing petitions challenging State’s decision to conduct the caste-based survey in the State has held that the actions of t.....
Tags : Patna High Court, Caste Based Survey, Valid
Allahabad HC: Caste by Birth Remains Unchanged Despite Conversion or Inter-Caste Marriage(12.02.2026)
Allahabad High Court has observed that a person’s caste determined at birth remains unchanged even if they convert to another religion, and that a wom.....
Tags : Caste, Conversion, Inter-Caste Marriage
Karnataka High Court: PTCL Act Can Apply Again if Restored Land is Later Transferred(01.10.2025)
Karnataka HC, differing from a co-ordinate bench, held that if land restored under the Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of.....
Tags : Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Land
Madras HC: State Recommendation Alone Cannot Justify Seeking Caste Certificate for Scheduled Tribe(22.09.2025)
Madras HC questioned the Erode District Collector on issuing SC certificates to Malayali community members. The court noted that only a parliamentary .....
Tags : Caste Certificate, Scheduled Tribe, Recommendation
Gujarat HC: Anticipatory Bail Can Be Granted If No Prima Facie Offence Is Made Out(08.03.2022)
Gujarat HC has observed that anticipatory bail can be granted if no prima facie offence is made out against the person charged under the Scheduled Cas.....
Tags : Gujarat HC, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocity) Act, 1989, Anticipatory Bail
SC: HCs and SC Should Refrain from Interfering in Scrutiny Committee's Findings on Caste Claims(05.04.2024)
SC has held that High Courts as well as the Supreme Court should refrain from deeper probe into factual issues in the scrutiny committee's findings on.....
Tags : Supreme Court, High Court, Scrutiny Committee, Caste Claims
Bom HC: SC/ST Act Applicable Even if Victim not Recognized as SC/ST in Place of Offence(04.09.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that a person belonging to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe is entitled to protection under SC/ST Act in any other part o.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Protection
SC: Person Securing Appointment on The Basis of False Caste Certificate Can’t Retain Benefit(12.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that when a person secures appointment on the basis of a false caste certificate, he cannot be permitted to retain the benefit .....
Tags : Supreme Court, False Caste Certificate, Wrongful Appointment
Madras HC: Mother of Murdered Dalit Son Entitled to Enhanced Compensation(24.01.2017)
Madras High Court has said that a Dalit woman whose son was murdered by a group of caste Hindus in May 1995 is entitled to enhanced compensation of ?8.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules
Bombay HC: An Adopted Child’s Caste is Considered the Same as That of the Adoptive Parents(02.02.2026)
Bombay High Court held that an adopted child’s caste is the same as that of the adoptive parents, quashing the Deputy Collector, Pune’s order, in a ca.....
Tags : Adopted Child, Caste, Adoptive Parents
Calcutta HC Rejects PIL Requesting CBI Investigation in 15-Year Caste Certificate Fraud Allegations(03.09.2025)
Calcutta High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking cancellation of caste certificates and a CBI probe into alleged irregular grant of caste certificates .....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, PIL, CBI, Caste Certificates
Pat. HC: Bihar Law Increasing Reservation for SC, ST & OBC Communities to 65%, Set Aside(20.06.2024)
Pat. HC has set aside the Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (Amendment) Act, 2023 and the Bihar (in admission in educational instit.....
Tags : Patna High Court, Reservation, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes
Madras HC Upholds Conviction of Accused in Gokulraj Murder Case(05.06.2023)
Madras High Court while upholding the conviction of life imprisonment of eight accused in the Gokul Raj murder case and altering the conviction agains.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Gokulraj Murder Case, Conviction, Caste
Madras HC: Greater Social Responsibility Required to Avoid Caste Violence(03.11.2016)
Madras High Court has underscored need for greater social responsibility by citizens, more so, on part of political parties, to avoid caste violence.
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Statute
SC/ST Act, 2015 in force from 26 January 2016(18.01.2016)
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has notified 26 January, 2016 as the date on which the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Preve.....
Tags : Scheduled caste, tribe, act, 2015, effective
Lok Sabha Passes Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021(22.03.2021)
Lok Sabha has passed the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021, that seeks to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, .....
Tags : Lok Sabha, Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021
P&H HC: Can't Approach HC U/S 438 CrPC After Rejection of Pre-Arrest Bail for Case Under SC/ST Act(04.07.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that once the plea for anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC is rejected by Sessions Court to accused under .....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Anticipatory Bail, Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribes
HP HC: Caste is Assigned to a Person at Birth and Does Not Change after Marriage(30.07.2025)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that caste is assigned to a person at birth and does not change during the lifetime of a person even upon marryin.....
Tags : HP High Court, Scheduled Caste, Birth
MP High Court: Women Retain Reservation Benefits After Marriage if Caste is Recognized in Both States(15.01.2026)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that women who move to MP after marriage from another state are not considered migrants for service or reservation .....
Tags : Reservation, Marriage, Caste
Delhi HC Upholds Order for Registering FIR for Caste-Based Questions in Recruitment Exam(16.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has upheld a trial court order directing for the registration of a First Information Report against unknown offenders under the Sched.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Caste-Based Questions in Recruitment Exam
Kerala HC Directs State & Centre to Finalize Socio Economic Caste Survey(10.09.2020)
Kerala High Court has directed the State and Central Governments to take steps to finalise the report of socio-economic study of socially and educatio.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Socio Economic Caste Survey
The validity certificates issued by following a lawful procedure cannot be tinkered(25.09.2017)
The petitioner in present petition challenges the order passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, whereby the caste certificate va.....
Tags : Caste certificate, Validity
Bombay HC: Caste Certificate Once Issued, Can be Relied Upon to Verify Caste Claim of Other Relatives(27.11.2017)
Bombay High Court has reiterated that once caste validity certificate is granted on proper scrutiny to close blood relations, it ought to be relied up.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Caste Certificate
Del. HC: National Commission For Scheduled Castes Cannot Initiate Enquiry On Specious Complaint(17.10.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that National Commission For Scheduled Castes (SC) cannot initiate an enquiry under Article 338 of the Constitution of I.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, National Commission For Scheduled Castes, complaint, Article 338
Madras HC: Inter-Caste Marriage Certificate Can't Be Issued Merely on Account of Conversion(26.11.2021)
Madras High Court has held that a person is not entitled to claim an inter-caste marriage certificate on the pretext of his community certificate when.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Inter-Caste Marriage Certificate
SC: Proceedings Questioning Employee’s Caste Certificate Can’t be Done Ex-Parte(20.03.2023)
Supreme Court has held that in a scenario where validity of community certificate is put to question, keeping in mind the importance of document and e.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Caste Certificate, Ex-Parte
Lowered education loan criteria for SC/ST students to be decided by RBI and Government(13.10.2015)
Kerala High Court dismissed petitions against the decision of the State Bank of Travancore to not grant the petitioners educational loans for failing .....
Tags : Education, loan, lower, eligibility, scheduled caste
P&H HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Person Accused of Hurting Sentiments of SC/ST Castes(09.11.2020)
Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted Anticipatory Bail to one Mandeep accused of hurting the sentiments of the SC/ST castes by making a TiktTok vid.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Person Accused of Hurting Sentiments of SC/ST Castes
SC: Private Broadcasters Should Share Ad-Free Sports Feed with Prasar Bharati(30.05.2016)
Supreme Court has ruled that broadcasters of important sports events such as Star India, must remove all commercials, sponsor logos and credits before.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Prasar Bharati, Private Broadcasters
Supreme Court Introduces SC/ST Reservation in its Staff Recruitment(02.07.2025)
Supreme Court, for the first time, has introduced reservations for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes in its staff appointment.
Tags : Supreme Court, Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes
Andhra Pradesh High Court: Cannot Extend Benefits of SC&ST Act to Converts(05.05.2025)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the caste system is alien to Christianity and once an individual has converted to Christianity and professes t.....
Tags : AP High Court, Christianity, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe
SC: Changing Religion Just to Avail Benefit of Reservation Without Genuine Belief Amounts to Fraud(27.11.2024)
SC has stated that conferment of Scheduled caste communal status to a person, who is a Christian by religion, but claims to be still embracing Hinduis.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Scheduled Caste, Reservation
Migrant Not to be Recognised as Scheduled Caste of Migrant State: Supreme Court(16.11.2018)
Supreme Court has reiterated that merely because in the migrant state the same caste is recognised as Scheduled Caste, the migrant cannot be recognise.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Scheduled Caste of Migrant State
Delhi HC: National Commission for Scheduled Castes Not Equivalent to Civil Court(01.08.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that merely because the Commission has the powers of a Civil Court for the purpose of carrying out investigations or enquiri.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, Civil Court
Delhi Court Directs Police to Register FIR Against DSSSB for Using Caste-Abusive Words(19.02.2021)
Delhi Court has directed the Police authorities to register a First Information Report against the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB),.....
Tags : Delhi Court, Using Caste-Abusive Words in Question Paper
SC: Caste Based Abuse With No Public View Isn’t an Offence Under SC/ST Act(03.02.2025)
SC has observed that if the offence of caste based abuse takes place within the four corners of the wall where members of the public are not present, .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Public View, Caste Based Abuse
Allahabad HC Seeks State’s Reply over Plea Challenging Order Including OBCs in SCs List(13.01.2017)
Allahabad High Court has directed State Government to file a reply in response to a PIL challenging a Government Order (GO) to include 17 castes belon.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Other Backward Castes
Delhi HC: Caste Abuse on Flyover Counts as 'Public View' Under SC/ST Act Even Without Witnesses(29.10.2025)
Delhi High Court held that assaulting a woman and hurling caste-based abuse on a flyover qualifies as “public view,” fulfilling the requirements for a.....
Tags : Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Witnesses, Caste
Supreme Court Introduces SC/ST Reservation in its Staff Recruitment(02.07.2025)
Supreme Court, for the first time, has introduced reservations for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes in its staff appointment.
Tags : Supreme Court, Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes
SC Rejects Plea For Urgent Hearing on Petition for SIT Probe in Saharanpur Caste-Violence(29.05.2017)
Supreme Court has denied urgent hearing of a Petition demanding a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into recent incidents of caste violence .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Saharanpur Caste-Violence
Madras High Court: Guidelines Issued to Eradicate Manual Scavenging(01.05.2024)
Mad. HC while issuing guidelines to eradicate manual scavenging, has observed that an act like this is nothing less than State-sanctioned casteism and.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Manual Scavenging, Casteism
SC Strikes Down Resolution Merging One Community in Backward Class to another Community of SC List(16.07.2024)
Supreme Court has struck down resolution issued by Bihar Government in the year 2015 that merged one community in the backward class by the name “Tant.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bihar Government, Tanti-Tantwa, Scheduled Caste List
Mad. HC: Pedigree Based on Caste Will Have No Role to Play in Appointment of Archaka in Temple(27.06.2023)
Madras High Court has observed that it is always left open to Trustees to appoint Archakas in Agamic temples by ensuring that he are well-versed, prop.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Archaka, Temple, Appointment, Caste
Ker. HC: Malayalam Phrase ‘Pulayadi Mone’ Doesn’t Attract SC&ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989(17.01.2025)
Kerala High Court has held that going by the dictionary meaning, the phrase ‘Pulayadi Mone’ means son of a prostitute and is not considered as a caste.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Pulayadi Mone, Casteist Slur
Children of Intercaste Union can Take on Mother’s Caste: Bombay HC(22.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has held that children from intercaste marriages can take on their mother’s caste and also said that society must give up ‘ancient’ .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Children of Intercaste Union
Bill developments in Parliament(02.05.2016)
The Lok Sabha passed the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016. The Bill encourages education, training and research in the field of biotechnol.....
Tags : biotechnology, scheduled caste, bill, passed
Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Inclusion of Gudugudupukarar Caste in ST List(15.03.2024)
Madras High Court has held that the Presidential order of Scheduled Tribes (ST) list cannot be tinkered with by the Court. The National Commission for.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Gudugudupukarar Caste, Scheduled Tribes
Punjab and Haryana HC Notice Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh Govt Over 'Caste Column' in FIRs(18.04.2017)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice to Governments of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on a PIL that wants the column giving caste details d.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court , FIR, Caste Column
Ker. HC: KPSC Has No Power to Conduct an Enquiry into an Applicant's Caste Status(04.11.2024)
Ker. HC has observed that Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) has no power to conduct an enquiry into an applicant's caste status. If it suspects .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Caste Status, Fraud
Draft Regulations to address informal broadcast agreements(03.11.2015)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released draft Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection (Digital Addressable .....
Tags : Television, broadcaster, operator, disconnect
SC Sets Aside Order Reading Down Advance Notice Condition For Broadcasters(29.09.2021)
Supreme Court has set aside an interim order passed by the Madras High Court in a writ petition filed by some broadcasters/FM Radios challenging Rule .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Advance Notice Condition For Broadcasters
CRIMINAL - Mere Use of Word 'Harijan' During Speech Not an Offence Under SC-ST Act: Orissa HC(14.03.2019)
Orissa High Court has observed that mere use of word 'Harijan' during the course of speech, without intention to insult anybody, does not fall within .....
Tags : Orissa High Court, Harijan, Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,1989.
Del. HC: Individual Can Change Surname to Avoid Prejudices Attached to Particular Caste(13.06.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that Right to Identity is a part of Right to Life under Article 21 of the Constitution, has held that an individual c.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Surname, Right to Life, Caste
Allahabad HC Dismisses PIL Challenging Government Order To Issue Caste Certificate In English(04.10.2021)
Allahabad High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition challenging the Government's order allowing for the issuance of the cas.....
Tags : Issuance of Caste Certificate
Zee Turner saved from service tax liability(01.04.2016)
The Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal saved Zee Turner from service tax levies after accepting submissions that it was merely acting a.....
Tags : Service tax, foreign broadcaster, indian agent
Madras High Court: Inter Caste Marriages Clean Up Caste System(20.06.2019)
Madras High Court has observed while ordering police protection to a couple noted that inter caste marriages are good for the society in cleaning up t.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Caste System
President Gives Nod to SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act and others(08.01.2016)
President has given nod to Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act; Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Ac.....
Tags : Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act; Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act; Commercial Courts,Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act; Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015
SC: For Selection of Non-Hereditary Trustee in Temples, Caste of Person Can’t be a Bar(17.12.2024)
SC while hearing a plea on appointments of non-hereditary trustees in Devaswoms/Temples, has observed that in the event of any selection of non-heredi.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Non-Hereditary Trustee, Caste
SC Orders Police Protection to Inter-Caste Marriage Couple from Threat of Family(11.03.2020)
Supreme Court has ordered the Delhi and the Rajasthan Police to protect an inter-caste marriage couple from the threat of their family members.
Tags : Supreme Court, Farmers, Inter-Caste Marriage Couple
Certification as Scheduled Caste by becoming 'resident' does not give benefit of reservation in education(13.08.2015)
The Court held that merely by residing in a Union Territory to become 'resident', an immigrant from another State cannot gain benefits from a Presiden.....
Tags : Scheduled caste, resident, education, reservation
Mad. HC: Pedigree Based on Caste Will Have No Role to Play in Appointment of Archaka in Temple(27.06.2023)
Madras High Court has observed that it is always left open to Trustees to appoint Archakas in Agamic temples by ensuring that he is well-versed, prope.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Archaka, Temple, Appointment, Caste
CRIMINAL - Punjab and Haryana HC Bars Mentioning of Caste In FIRs, Memos Etc.(28.03.2019)
P&H HC while directing authorities to issue instructions to all the Investigating Officers not to state/mention the caste of the accused, victims or w.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana HC, caste system
Supreme Court: NCRB Authorised to Collect Data of Prisoners(08.11.2024)
Supreme Court has clarified that the directions passed by it regarding deletion of caste column in prison registers will not impede the collection of .....
Tags : Supreme Court, NCRB, Caste Column
Allahabad HC: No Conviction Under SC/ST Act if Offence Not Committed on Ground of Victim's Caste(29.07.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held that to prosecute a person for an offence committed under Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act, there must be evidence that .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, SC/ST Act, Caste, Conviction
INSOLVENCY - NCLT Allows Fresh Bids for Castex as Liberty Fails to Pay(19.03.2019)
National Company Law Tribunal has allowed fresh bids for Amtek Auto's distressed unit Castex Technologies, with the winning bidder Liberty House faili.....
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AP HC: Caste-Based Insult Over Telephone Conversation Not an Offence U/S 3 SC/ ST Act(29.04.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has reiterated that to constitute an offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevent.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Section 3(1)(x), Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
SC Directs Union Govt. to Make Necessary Changes to Address Caste-Based Discrimination in Prisons(29.01.2025)
SC while observing the discrimination done with prisoners in prisons on the basis of their castes, has directed the Union Government to make necessary.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Caste-Based Discrimination, Model Prison Manual
Supreme Court Reopens Case Against Ex-MLA Over Alleged Fake Caste Certificate in Elections(15.10.2025)
Supreme Court restored the criminal case against former MLA Rajendra Singh and others for allegedly fraudulently obtaining a Scheduled Caste certifica.....
Tags : Elections, Caste Certificate, Constituency
Allahabad HC Quashes UP Government Orders Notifying 17 OBCs as Scheduled Castes(05.09.2022)
Allahabad High Court while quashing the orders of the Uttar Pradesh Government recognizing or acknowledging 17 Other Backward Classes sub-castes as Sc.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Scheduled Castes, Parliamentary law