Telangana High Court quashes abetment to suicide case against 10 accused, holds complaint cannot go beyond contents of suicide note.
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Calcutta High Court rules SC/ST Act not applicable to caste-based abuses over telephone, holding such conversations are not in public view.
Madras High Court rules police cannot treat SC/ST complaints as civil disputes and must register FIRs immediately under Section 18-A without preliminary enquiry.
Constable accused of symbolic marriage and caste-based rejection denied anticipatory bail by Karnataka High Court under SC/ST (POA) Act provisions.
Himachal Pradesh High Court denies anticipatory bail to woman accused of assaulting Scheduled Caste boy, citing caste prejudice and bar under SC/ST Act.
Supreme Court slams casual practice of declaring witnesses hostile; upholds life imprisonment in SC/ST Act case involving rape of minor girl.
Madras HC upholds life imprisonment for assault on minor SC girl, reiterating that a child cannot consent to sex; school records key for age proof.
Vidhi Setu Foundation, in its recommendations to the Justice K.G. Balakrishnan Commission, opposes SC status to converts, calling it unconstitutional.
SC: Everyday neighborhood quarrels and heated exchanges cannot be treated as abetment to suicide; acquits woman in 25-year-old’s case.
Supreme Court quashes rape case on false promise of marriage, calling it a gross abuse of law and slams frivolous, vexatious allegations.
Telangana HC quashes SC/ST Act case in marital dispute, ruling caste abuse at home doesn’t qualify—Act applies only in ‘public view’.
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SC cancels bail of woman shelter officer accused of drugging, sexually exploiting inmates; says ‘saviour turned into devil’, cites threat to fair trial.
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