[ad_1] BENGALURU: Appointing an advocate as special counsel on the request of the victim is not against the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the high court ruled in a recent judgment.Rejecting the petition filed by four accused, the court added that rule 4(5) of the SC/ST...
Delhi HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Special treatment for the underprivileged is a facet of equality guaranteed under the Constitution and treating unequal as equals while giving special treatment is a well-recognised form of discrimination, Delhi High Court has said.The court noted that the Constitution includes special provisions for the Scheduled Castes (SC)...
In affidavit in SC, Centre defends exclusion of Dalit Christians, Dalit Muslims from scheduled castes’ list, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Centre has defended the exclusion of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims from the list of scheduled castes, saying historical data shows no backwardness or oppression was ever faced by them. Contending that Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims cannot claim benefits which scheduled castes are entitled to,...
SC judges, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] (Eds: Corrects name of judge in para 3) New Delhi, Reservation should not continue for an indefinite period so as to become a "vested interest" and the vision of the framers of the Constitution that there should be a "time span" for such quotas has not been achieved, the...