Casteist slurs inside private home and outside public gaze not offence under SC/ST Act: Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court on Monday held that caste-based abuses made inside a private residence and outside public view would not attract offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 [Gunjan @ Girija Kumari vs. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr.]. A Bench of Justices NV Anjaria and PK Mishra said the requirement that the alleged insult or abuse take place in a location “within public view” is an essential ingredient for offences under S