In a major push to ensure justice for the marginalized and improve the efficacy of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra ...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday directed officials to take concrete steps to improve the conviction rate in cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes ...

The top court made the observations while hearing a case from Gujarat. The court observed that Section 18 of the SC/ST Act cannot be applied in a “mechanical manner” The top court made the ...

The Supreme Court has held that a person can be prosecuted under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act only if casteist slurs are hurled in “public view”, keeping ...

The Supreme Court has held that there cannot be a mechanical denial of anticipatory bail merely because offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act are ...

In a significant ruling on the scope of anticipatory bail under the SC/ST Act, the Supreme Court of India has held that courts cannot mechanically reject anticipatory bail pleas merely because ...