Casteist Abuse Inside House Not an Offence ‘Within Public View’: Supreme Court Quashes SC/ST Act Proceedings

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings initiated under Section 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, against three individuals, ruling that alleged caste-based abuses uttered inside a private residence do not satisfy the essential requirement of being committed “within public view.” The Bench, comprising Justice

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