The Supreme Court has held that a caste-based insult made inside a closed room, without the presence of members of the public, does not by itself meet the “public view” requirement under the SC/ST ...

Prayagraj: The use of a caste name does not automatically constitute an offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Allahabad High Court has observed ...

The court drew a distinction between an incident occurring in an open or publicly accessible setting and one taking place behind closed doors. SC defines "public view" for SC/ST Act offenses. Closed ...

The order from Registrar General of India Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan notifies questions such as whether the person belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe and their caste.

The case was filed against a manager of a school, accusing him of assaulting and hurling caste-based abuses at the father of two students.

Prayagraj: Merely using a caste name does not automatically constitute an offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Allahabad High Court has observed ...

The Centre has notified 40 questions for the population enumeration phase of Census 2027, including caste, Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, and the place of COVID-19 vaccination, ...

The Centre on Friday notified 40 questions — caste, place of Covid vaccination being two of them — to be asked of respondents during the population enumeration phase of the Census, set to begin from ...