SC/ST act

Pratapgarh Police has filed a case against a man for criticising Dr BR Ambedkar in rustic language.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat called for the discarding of varna and jaati, adding that they has no relevance in the present age.

The tweets by The Quint columnist Shalin Maria Lawrence act as a cautionary tale on how certain laws can be misused if someone gets vindictive enough.

Jamia VC summoned by National Scheduled Caste Commission over atrocities against SC/ST community

In November 2021, an FIR was registered in which one Pravin Vasava had said how about 100 tribals of Vasava community were converted to Islam by luring them with money and other financial gains.

The Gogri police in Khagaria district in Bihar reportedly charged a class 1 student of molestation and invoked the SC/ST Act against him

Taking a jibe at Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Udit Raj further said, “He is so old, yet he is earning money for his son to promote him."

Bishop Kattera Suresh Kumar has also been accused of misusing the benefits meant for Scheduled Castes. He was found to be benefitting from a 'Hindu-SC' certificate while being a Christian Bishop.

Controversial poet Munawwar Rana has been booked by the Uttar Pradesh Police for his derogatory comments against Hindus by drawing false equivalence with radical Islamic organisation Taliban

Aruna in her petition, FIR and in an interview with OpIndia informed that Kondru who is a practicing Christian as per his social media profiles (which has now been locked), continues to call himself a Hindu taking undue advantage of the reservation given to SCs and STs.