Humiliation outside ‘public view’: A verdict puts focus on a grave flaw in the SC/ST Act

The law tolerates caste-based intimidation and humiliation if these acts occur in private. It must be fixed.

Rashmi Venkatesan

· Nov 19, 2020 · 06:30 am

Reading Anand Teltumbde in the wake of Hathras

In his books, the writer – now in jail – demonstrates how caste atrocities are the result of deep-rooted societal structures.

Rahul Govind

· Oct 28, 2020 · 07:30 am

Father, cousins kill 19-year-old woman in suspected case of caste killing, say Karnataka Police

The woman, who was in college, was reportedly in a relationship with a Dalit man.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 17, 2020 · 04:41 pm

Love in Hosur: Couple who wanted to build a life across caste lines are strangled, thrown into river

As another inter-caste couple in Tamil Nadu is murdered, activists demand new law to prosecute such crimes.

S Senthalir

· Nov 21, 2018 · 09:00 am

Nalgonda caste killing: Arya Vysya Samaj claims couple provoked accused with photos, says report

Several people from the community were allowed to meet the accused T Maruthi Rao in the district jail for a short while on Monday.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 25, 2018 · 11:34 am

Hyderabad: Inter-caste couple attacked, allegedly by woman’s father

The father, absconding after the attack, has been booked for attempt to murder.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 19, 2018 · 06:38 pm

Haridwar: Dalit man killed allegedly over the use of a water canal, two arrested

The two main accused have been arrested, and the police are searching for four more.

Scroll Staff

· May 13, 2018 · 09:25 am

Uttarakhand: BJP MLA booked for assaulting two Dalit women, using casteist abuses

Rajkumar Thukral claimed he had only tried to resolve a dispute between two families and the allegations against him were baseless.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 12, 2018 · 11:11 am

National Commission for Scheduled Castes says Rohith Vemula was Dalit, recommends support for family

The panel submitted its report where it suggested benefits including a house, employment and monetary help for the Hyderabad University scholar's family.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 05, 2016 · 08:45 am

As high-profile crimes rattle South India, a clamour for 'two-minute noodle justice'

Citizens are frustrated with the inefficiencies of the legal system, say commentators.

TS Sudhir

· Jul 08, 2016 · 12:30 pm

Crimes against lower castes, tribal population in India are rising

In 2016 alone, there have been a series of such crimes.

Himadri Ghosh, IndiaSpend.com

· Jul 06, 2016 · 09:30 pm

As Dalits in Tamil Nadu are killed for 'love jihad', intercaste couples find refuge in urban anonymity

A Dalit engineering student was brutally murdered in July for talking to a girl from a higher caste.

Sandhya Ravishankar

· Oct 29, 2015 · 10:30 am