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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against TV Channel Officials in Marathi Serial Dialogue Case. Words 'Mhara Poranchi' Held Not to Insult Religious Sentiments or Intentionally Harm Scheduled Caste Community Under Section 295A IPC, Section 7(g) PCR Act, and Section 3 Atrocities Act.

The petitioners, including the Programming Head of a Marathi channel and the channel company itself, sought quashing of FIR No. 232 of 2023 registered...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Caste-Based Discrimination in Prison Manuals as Unconstitutional. Prison Rules Dividing Labour and Segregating Barracks by Caste Violate Articles 14, 15, 17, 21, and 23 of the Constitution.

The petitioner, Sukanya Shantha, a journalist, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions for the repeal of offendi...

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Supreme Court Validates Sub-Classification of Scheduled Castes in Landmark Judgment. Upholding Equality Within Equality: Supreme Court Endorses State's Power to Sub-Classify Scheduled Castes for Targeted Reservation.

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling, has upheld the constitutionality of sub-classifying Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservati...

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Supreme Court Upholds Sub-Classification Within Scheduled Castes for Reservation in Punjab Act. State can provide preferential treatment to more backward castes without tinkering with Presidential List under Article 341.

The Supreme Court considered the constitutional validity of Section 4(5) of the Punjab Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes (Reservation in Services) ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Protection of Civil Rights Act Case Due to Lack of Caste-Based Insult Evidence. Conviction under Section 7(1)(d) of Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 and Section 506 of IPC set aside as the alleged insult was not shown to be on account of the complainant's caste.

The appellant, Gopal Sukhdeorao Raut, was convicted by the Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge-1, Akola in Sessions Trial No. 30/2007 for offences under S...

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Supreme Court Upholds Section 18A of SC/ST Act Against Challenge of Unconstitutionality — Amendment Restores Pre-Dr. Subhash Kashinath Position After Review

The petitioners challenged the constitutional validity of Section 18A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 198...

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Supreme Court Reviews Its Own Guidelines on Arrest and Anticipatory Bail Under SC/ST Act. Directions Requiring Preliminary Enquiry and Approval for Arrest Quashed as Legislative Overreach, but Anticipatory Bail Direction Upheld.

The Union of India filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's judgment dated 20.3.2018 in Criminal Appeal No.416 of 2018, which had issued gu...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Under Protection of Civil Rights Act for Lack of Prima Facie Case. Alleged Insulting Words Not Uttered in Public View and No Intentional Insult Established.

The petitioner, Dr. Tapan Prasad Bagchi, the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Engineering Society (NITIE), filed a Criminal Writ Petit...