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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
SC: ST Women Not Entitled to Any 'Right of Survivorship' Under Hindu Succession Act(12.12.2022)
Supreme Court while observing that a female member of the scheduled tribe (ST) is not entitled to any right of survivorship under the provisions of Hi.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Scheduled Tribe Women, Hindu Succession Act
MP High Court Says 'No' to Writ Jurisdiction to Include or Exclude Any Case in Scheduled Tribes List(21.04.2017)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that Court in a writ jurisdiction cannot direct State to include or exclude any caste in list of Scheduled Tribes p.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Scheduled Tribes List
Madras HC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Reservation of Chairman Post for Scheduled Tribes(03.02.2022)
Madras High Court has issued notice to the State Election Commission on a plea seeking reservation of the Chairman Post of a town panchayat for Schedu.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Post for Scheduled Tribes
Kerala Govt. Introduces Legal Internship Programme For ST Community Law Graduates(23.01.2023)
Kerala Government has introduced 'Unnathi', a Legal Internship Programme for 25 LLB graduates from the Scheduled Tribe community at an estimated cost .....
Tags : Kerala Government, Scheduled Tribe.
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
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
Karnataka High Court: SC /ST Prevention Of Atrocities Act Is Prospective In Nature(08.03.2022)
Karnataka High Court has observed that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, is prospective in nature and all.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, Prospective Application
Chhattisgarh HC: Can’t Assume Accused Sexually Exploited Victim Because She Belongs to ST Community(02.03.2023)
Chhattisgarh High Court has held that merely because victim belongs to Scheduled Tribe (ST) community, it cannot be assumed that accused was able to d.....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Sexual Exploitation, Scheduled Tribe
Allahabad HC Directs to Take Decision on Representations to Include Rajbhar Community in ST List(17.03.2022)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to take a decision over the representations forward to it by the Centre seeking inclusi.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Rajbhar Community, Scheduled Tribes List
Supreme Court Seeks Foolproof Norms to Identify Scheduled Tribes(28.03.2022)
Supreme Court wants to fix foolproof parameters to determine if a person belongs to a Scheduled Tribe and is entitled to the benefits due to the commu.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Norms to Identify Scheduled Tribes
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
Gujarat HC Pulls Up Tribal Land Owners And Lawyer For Misusing Atrocities Act(14.07.2017)
Gujarat High Court pulled up tribal land owners and a lawyer for blackmailing and extorting money from builders by utilizing the “powerful potent weap.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
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: HC can’t Direct State Government to Recommend a Tribe for ST List(09.05.2023)
Supreme Court while hearing plea seeking SIT probe into Manipur violence and ongoing unrest in the State, has orally remarked that High Court didn’t h.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Manipur High Court, Scheduled Tribes
Bombay High Court: Gowari Community Falls Under ST Category(16.08.2018)
Bombay High Court has ruled that the Gowari community falls in the Scheduled Tribes category.
Tags : Bombay High Court, Scheduled Tribes
Gujarat HC Permits Appointment under ST Quota Pending Scrutiny of Caste Certificate(24.05.2022)
Gujarat High Court has permitted a person claiming to be from Scheduled Tribe community, to be provisionally appointed to the post of Sales Tax Inspec.....
Tags : Gujarat high Court, Scheduled Tribe, Sales Tax
Karnataka HC: Abuses Hurled in Basement Which was Not in Public View is Not Offence(22.06.2022)
Karnataka High Court while quashing proceedings under Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015, has he.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act
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
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
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
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
Gauhati HC: Notice Issued to Centre on Plea Claiming Denial of ST Benefits to Yobin Community(08.05.2025)
Gauhati High Court has issued notice to the Central Government and Arunachal Pradesh Government on a PIL claiming that Scheduled Tribe benefits provid.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Scheduled Tribe, Central Government
SC Directs Centre to Appoint NCST Chief in Three Months(17.01.2017)
Supreme Court has directed Centre to appoint Chairperson of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) without fail within three months.
Tags : Supreme Court, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
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
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
CIVIL - SC Agrees to Hear Centre's Application for Stay of Eviction of Forest Dwellers(27.02.2019)
Supreme Court has agreed to hear Centre’s plea seeking a stay on possible eviction of around 11.8 lakh tribals and traditional forest dwellers, whose .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Forest Dwellers, Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006
Chhattisgarh HC: Scheduled Tribe Persons Can Voluntarily Choose to be Governed by Hindu Marriage Act(06.03.2026)
Chhattisgarh HC held that a Scheduled Tribe person who voluntarily adopts Hindu customs and traditions and submits to the jurisdiction of courts under.....
Tags : Scheduled Tribe, Voluntarily, Hindu Marriage Act
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.
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
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
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
Supreme Court: Gond-Govri Community Not a Scheduled Tribe(18.12.2020)
Supreme Court has ruled that the Gond-Govri community is not a Scheduled Tribe (ST) and won't be entitled to benefits extended to this category. Howev.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Scheduled Tribe
SC Reverses Bombay HC Judgment Declaring 'Gowari' as Scheduled Tribe(21.12.2020)
Supreme Court has held that a High Court cannot look into the evidences to find out and decide that a particular tribe is part of Scheduled Tribe whic.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bombay High Court, Declaration of 'Gowari' as Scheduled Tribe
Notifications & Circulars
13 communities to be added to Scheduled Tribes list(25.05.2016)
The Union Cabinet approved introduction of bills bringing amendments to the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order 1950 to include several new communit.....
Tags : scheduled tribes, constitution, amendment