The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, commonly known as the SC/ST Act, was enacted by the Parliament of India to address and prevent atrocities and hate ...

In what could be a first of its kind verdict, the Supreme Court recently upheld a Bombay High Court ruling that had allowed a ...

The Supreme Court overturned a SC/ST Act case against a man, stating the alleged incident didn't occur in 'public view.' The bench noted that offences under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) require public ...

Hearing plea of couple whose research work had been stolen, Bombay HC in 2023 ruled that ‘property’ under Section 15A of ...

Before the apex court, the appellant's counsel contended that even taking the allegations in the FIR at its face value, the ingredients to constitute an offence under the SC/ST Act are not made out.