Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act Archives

All HC | [Bail under SC/SCT (POA) Act] Failure to serve notice of bail upon victim, is failure of State to perform its statutory function; Accused cannot be visited with penal consequences for default of the State

Allahabad High Court: Ajay Bhanot, J., while allowing the present petition, on e-bail applications, said, “The process of law cannot move at

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Is obstruction & abuse by upper caste person due to property dispute an offence under SC/ST Act? Not in all cases, says SC

Supreme Court: In a case where abuses were hurled by a person of upper caste at a person belonging to Scheduled Caste

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Status report filed by State fails to disclose the basis for incorporating certain charge against petitioner; Bail granted

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J. disposed of a petition seeking ad-interim and regular bail due to inappropriate charges put

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | A silent suicide note, 27 days’ delay in registering FIR, complaint which shows no role of accused are grounds for bail

Gujarat High Court: The Bench of S.H. Vora, J., allowed an appeal made for granting of bail. The facts of the case

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Nothing wrong with the investigative process under the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

Supreme Court: Upholding the validity of the investigative process, under the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of