The SC had granted lawyer Virendra Singh anticipatory bail in July 2024 noting that “prima facie, we find that no specific ...

The principal again in March 2013 entered a classroom where the complainant was teaching and abused her, using casteist slurs ...

The top court’s disclosure comes in the backdrop of the union cabinet approving the enumeration of castes in the upcoming ...

A caste census could pave the way for fair and targeted policies, equitable resource allocation and meaningful affirmative ...

Over 6.5 lakh calls have been received by the National Helpline Against Atrocities (NHAA) regarding the atrocities against ...

except for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). By 1961, the central government permitted states to conduct their own surveys and compile state-specific lists of Other Backward Classes ...

Karnataka SC/ST Nomadic Development Corp. chairperson calls for separate survey to address needs of nomadic communities.

However, independent India since 1951 only counted Dalits and Adivasis, who are referred to as scheduled castes and tribes, respectively. Everyone else’s caste was marked as general. There are ...