#casteviolence — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #casteviolence, aggregated by home.social.
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‘State-sanctioned casteism’: Madras HC on continuation of manual scavenging
The court, in an important move, widened the definition of the word ‘sewer’ under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, to include storm water drains.
#TamilNadu #MadrasHC #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #casteism #SKA #india
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Victim ‘converted Christian’, can’t get aid under SC/ST Act in Balveer case: Madras HC
Additional advocate general filed a counter affidavit, stating Kumar is neither a member of a SC nor a ST community and that he is a converted Christian, and not entitled for compensation.
#TamilNadu #MadrasHC #MaduraiBench #CustodialTorture #ambasamudram #dalits #DalitChristians #SCSTAct #CasteViolence #casteism #caste #PoliceBrutality #torture #india