Kochi, May 26 (IANS) In a major setback to expelled Congress councillor M.A. Prashob, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday refused to grant him anticipatory bail in a rape case involving allegations of sexual exploitation of a Dalit woman on the promise of employment and lifelong support.Justice A. Badharudeen upheld the earlier order of the Special SC/ST Court, which had rejected the former councillor’s plea for pre-arrest bail after finding that a prima facie case existed against him.The case, r…
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New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) sought a report within seven days from the Delhi Police Commissioner over the alleged abduction, gang-rape, and forced religious conversion of a Dalit woman in Jamia Nagar, an official said on Saturday.NCW Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar wrote to Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports regarding the alleged incident.The survivor had alleged that she was held captive for several days and…
Lucknow, May 23 (IANS) A hospital operator and doctor accused of sexually assaulting a female patient inside an Operation Theatre during treatment at Tejas Hospital in Lucknow has been arrested, officials said on Saturday. According to police, information regarding the incident was received at Bakshi Ka Talab Police Station on May 21. The complaint alleged that a woman admitted to Tejas Hospital, located in the Indaurabag area under the jurisdiction of the police station, was subjected to inappr…
Shivpuri, May 9 (IANS) A woman and her three-month-old daughter were allegedly abducted by a group of armed men who barged into their house in Shivpuri on Friday night, triggering concerns over law and order and crimes against women in Madhya Pradesh.The incident occurred under the jurisdiction of Kotwali police station and was captured on CCTV cameras installed inside the house. Police said an FIR has been registered following a complaint lodged by the victim’s mother.According to the complai…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Delhi Police have filed a detailed chargesheet against 18 adults and 2 minors in connection with the killing of a 26-year-old man in the Uttam Nagar area of West Delhi during Holi celebrations earlier this year. The victim was identified as Tarun Khatik.The chargesheet, running over 500 pages, has named a total of 20 accused persons, including 18 adults and 2 minors.According to police, the two minors have also been found to be allegedly involved in the incident. A Prelim…
Kochi, April 28 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Tuesday initiated a suo motu case over widespread violence reported during a statewide shutdown called by Dalit organisations in protest against the death of BDS student Nithin Raj.A division bench of Justices Basant Balaji and P. Krishna Kumar took note of reports indicating at least 27 cases registered across the state and sought a response from the police chief.By afternoon, 91 persons had been arrested in connection with clashes, road blockades…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR lodged against an Associate Professor of Lakshmibai College over allegations of assault and caste-based abuse, observing that allegations of caste-based humiliation were introduced as an “afterthought” and lacked the essential ingredients required to invoke provisions of the SC/ST Act.Allowing a writ petition filed by Ranjit Kaur, a single-judge Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna set aside an FIR registered in 2021 at Bhar…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an Andhra Pradesh High Court ruling holding that a person who has converted to Christianity and continues to profess and practice the faith cannot claim the status of a Scheduled Caste. A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria said that “no person who professes a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism can be regarded as a member of the Scheduled Caste,” adding that conversion to any other religion res…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) When a regulation vests wide discretionary power in authorities without clear guardrails, it stops being reformist and begins to look coercive. That is precisely how the University Grants Commission’s latest equity regulations have been perceived across campuses and beyond. The backlash they triggered was not against the principle of equality or social justice, but against the architecture of the rules themselves — marked by vague definitions, sweeping mandates and an en…
Jaipur, Jan 29 (IANS) The SC-ST Special Court in Rajasthan’s Jaipur has framed charges against former MLA Girraj Singh Malinga under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code and the SC-ST Act, including attempt to murder, a charge that carries the possibility of life imprisonment upon conviction. The charges were framed by Special Judge Vidyanand Shukla against Malinga and seven other accused in the case.The case dates back to March 28, 2022, when Malinga was serving as the MLA from the Bari a…