sc st atrocities act

Local non-dalit outfits here submitted a petition to the district administration against the show- cause notice issued to PMK leader S Ramadoss for his remarks made at a recent meeting in the city where he opposed inter-caste marriages and demanded amendments in the SC/ST Atrocities Act.

The Centre has decided to amend the POA along the lines of UPA’s ordinance, with the objective of strengthening the special law by including more crimes under the head of “atrocities”.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said as the social justice minister, she had wished to scrap the SC/ST Atrocities Act in the interest of "casteless society" but had to defer it as society had not changed.

Tribal organisations kicked up a furore here on Tuesday by organising rasta rokos and stalling traffic demanding an unconditional apology from Congress MP Renuka Chaudhary for abusing a tribal officer.

Police said a case was registered against the alleged culprits under SC/ST Atrocities Act. Further investigations are on, they said.

The Prevention of SC/ST Atrocities Act should be imposed against those who harass or denigrate the weaker sections, demanded KVPS (Kula Vivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham) state vice-president Dadala Subba Rao.

A case has been registered against Infosys co-founder Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan and several others under the Prevention of SC/ST Atrocities Act. Durgappa, a Bovi community member and former faculty at IISc, alleges false implication in a honey trap, dismissal from service, casteist abuse, and threats.

The Madras High Court has upheld life sentences for 26 individuals convicted in the 2018 Kachanatham village caste violence case, which resulted in the deaths of three Scheduled Caste men. One accused was acquitted. The court's decision came after appeals were filed challenging the trial court's verdict on the brutal assault stemming from a temple festival dispute.

A 25-year-old youth, who eloped with a married woman in the past, was beaten to death by the woman’s three brothers in Hanumangarh district on Sunday. The victim, hailing from a dalit community, was tied to a tree and bashed up by the three men. All three were arrested.

A man was taken into police custody for a probe in connection with a case of rape and scst prevention of atrocities act against him. He was sent back to judicial custody jail authorities confirmed that he is now in judicial custody. He was brought to mysuru central prison the previous week. A city court had remanded him to cid custody till january 30 but the investigation team had produced him before a magistrate earlier sources said. Ravi was arrested in gujarat after he went absconding after a case was registered against him on january 2. A police constable in chamarajanagar has been placed under suspension pending a departmental inquiry on charges of dereliction of duty. Chamarajanagar sp tp shivakumar said constable muniyappa of the east police station has been suspended following charges that he misbehaved with a woman at chamarajanagar institute of medical science. An inquiry has been ordered.

Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan, along with 17 others, has been implicated under the SC/ST Atrocities Act in Karnataka following a complaint by Durgappa, a former IISc faculty member. Durgappa alleges wrongful dismissal and caste-based abuse. Gopalakrishnan, renowned for his contributions to the tech industry, has not yet responded to these allegations.

The HC, on Thursday, asked why an offence under the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was not included in the Vandiperiyar rape and murder case.

The death of a 14-year-old boy who was beaten up by the staff of a shop after he was caught stealing a stapler, sparked off a violent protest in Tiruvallur on Tuesday. The family of the boy refused to keep his body, demanding action against the shopkeeper and his helpers.

The chargesheet filed in the court of the chief metropolitan magistrate mentions three juveniles and four adults.

The city police have sought permission from the magistrate to record the statement of the survivor's sister in the case against KS Manjunath aka Santro' Ravithe. The survivor has mentioned in the complaint that her sister too is a victim of Santro' Ravithe's conspiracy and they both were sent in judicial custody by Cottonpet police Bengaluru in an alleged false case.

The Jaipur police on Friday arrested five accused for allegedly sodomising and beating two inmates inside a juvenile observation home.

Police in Bharatpur, India, have offered an unusual reward of 25 paise (less than half a US cent) for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted for attempted murder and violations of the SC/ST Atrocities Act. Khubiram Jat, 48, has been on the run for 7-8 months.

Deputy SP Mohan Naik is conducting further investigations.

A court here on Wednesday directed the Kazipet police to register a case against Chiranjeevi under the SC&ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

Four employees of a departmental store who were recently booked for heckling and forcefully confining a sitting MLA inside a mall in the city here, will also be charged under relevant sections of the SC/ST Atrocities Act.