SC agrees to hear plea of Payal Tadvi and Rohith Vemula’s mothers, asks Centre to respond in 4 weeks

The two have urged the top court to direct the UGC to take action against colleges that do not comply with regulations against caste discrimination.

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· Sep 20, 2019 · 12:32 pm

UP: Dalit officer commits suicide after allegedly being targeted for his caste, 5 arrested

A suicide note written to his father said that he faced casteist insults and humiliation from the members of the local farmers union and the village headmen.

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· Sep 07, 2019 · 01:33 pm

UP: Inquiry ordered into alleged caste discrimination by students at government school in Ballia

The school’s principal admitted that upper-caste students sat separately while having mid-day meals.

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· Aug 30, 2019 · 12:50 pm

Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi’s mothers petition SC to end caste discrimination at universities

They pointed out the inadequacy of existing UGC regulations notified in 2012 to address complaints of caste bias on campuses of higher education institutions.

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· Aug 28, 2019 · 10:57 pm

Payal Tadvi suicide case: Accused doctors granted bail by Bombay HC on strict conditions

Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Meher, and Ankita Khandelwal will have to appear before the Crime Branch on alternate days.

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· Aug 09, 2019 · 01:59 pm

Payal Tadvi suicide: ‘Why has no action been taken against department head?’ Bombay HC asks police

The court pointed out that Tadvi’s mother had approached Yi Ching Ling several times with complaints about the alleged harassment her daughter was facing.

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· Aug 07, 2019 · 12:12 pm

Kerala: Youth Congress workers ‘purify’ spot where Dalit MLA held a sit-in protest

Geetha Gopi, a Communist Party of India MLA, filed a police complaint, calling the act casteist.

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· Jul 29, 2019 · 11:49 am

Payal Tadvi case: Bombay High Court orders video recording of bail plea hearing of three accused

The judge said the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act mandated that all hearings under it would have to be recorded.

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· Jul 25, 2019 · 07:13 pm

Payal Tadvi case: In chargesheet, police claim handwriting in suicide note is hers

The chargesheet, which was filed on Tuesday, contains statements from almost 180 witnesses.

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· Jul 24, 2019 · 01:46 pm

Payal Tadvi suicide case: Bombay High Court to hear bail pleas of three doctors on Thursday

The lawyer representing the three doctors claimed that if the investigation was over, the accused were not required to be in jail.

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· Jul 23, 2019 · 05:17 pm

Payal Tadvi suicide: Special court rejects bail plea of three accused doctors

The defence argued that the accused did not expect Tadvi to kill herself, and were only pulling her up for her work.

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· Jun 24, 2019 · 04:54 pm

Mumbai doctor’s suicide: Police oppose bail plea of accused, say they did not cooperate with inquiry

The police alleged that the demeanour of the accused indicated they drove Payal Tadvi to her suicide with ‘extreme cruelty and a cool mind’.

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· Jun 18, 2019 · 02:21 pm