Justice Anil Kumar Upman observed that mob-lynching is unacceptable in a civilized society and that we are not living in a barbarian society where people are allowed to take law in their own hands.
A BJP councillor and two others were booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in connection with an assault case. The accused BJP councilor has been identified as Kavin Kumar, 38, of Arachalur town panchayat.
The Allahabad high court has fined a female teaching faculty of Allahabad University Rs 5 lakh in each of three cases for filing frivolous FIRs under the SC/ST Act against three senior professors. The court also quashed the FIRs. Read more about the case and the court's observations.
The Court restored before trial court the bail application moved by a man accused of raping a woman of SC/ST community and said it should be decided after hearing victim.
The Allahabad High Court recently observed that in cases where an appeal against an order would lie under Section 14A of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, the aggrieved person cannot.