...innocent persons by those who still believe in untouchability as their way of life. The present case is one of those gravest killings, and ghastly murders of five persons by the appellants who deserve...fact which has come out in the evidence in the case. The root cause of the gruesome murder appears to be the marriage of a lady belonging to a higher caste with a Harijan boy. The High Court deals with...husband.3. The High Court felt compelled to express its concern about the evil of untouchability in para 18, at p. 46, as follows:“It is...

...untouchability with regard to the enumerated offences and clause (iv) relevant for the purpose of this case postulates that whoever, on the ground of untouchability, enforces against any person any disability...establishing an egalitarian social order in Secular Socialist Democratic Bharat Republic. “Untouchability” of the Dalits stands an impediment for its transition and is a bane and blot on civilised...society.11. Article 17 of the Constitution of India, in Part III, a Fundamental Right, made an epoch-making declaration that “untouchability” is abolished and its practice in...

...the ground of untouchability. In the same case, B's clothes lying on the ghat get trampled and soiled by the feet of A. B getting annoyed because of spoiling of his clothes insults A even calling him a...belonged. Incidentally Balla belonged to a member of the Scheduled Caste. But that would not make the insult an insult on the ground of untouchability. In Criminal Case No. 639/82 applying the above...test; the insults offered by the applicant to Parsadi and his wife were insults simpliciter and not insults on the ground of "untouchability". When full facts of a case are known, the presumption Under...

...uttered by him did not amount to insult or attempt to insult on the ground of untouchability in relation to a member of a Scheduled Caste. The petitioner was originally convicted in Criminal Case No. 328...Magistrate found this evidence trustworthy. The learned Magistrate also found that the abuses given by the petitioner accused did insult the employees on the ground of untouchability. The case of trespass...reserved for higher caste people, that is a case of insult on the ground of untouchability. In the same incident it is held that if the clothes of the higher caste Hindu are trampled upon by the...

...doubt that no injunction against the appellants could be given. S. 4(iv) is specific that whoever on the ground of untouchability enforces against any person any disability with regard to the use of...prescribe the punishment for the practice of untouchability and for the enforcement of any disability arising therefrom and for matters connected therewith. The Act in effect purported to abolish...untouchability in in respect of the matters covered by it. S. 3 prescribes punishment for enforcing religious disabilities and S. 4 similarly for enforcing social disabilities. Refusal to admit persons to...

...Untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955 be altered into a conviction under Section 7(1)(b) of the same Act.2. The facts of the case as have been found...he was of opinion that they made out a case under Section 7(1)(b) of the Untouchability (offences) Act and Section 6 of the same Act was wholly inapplicable.5.... Learned counsel for the applicants have argued that no case has been made out against them under any section of the Untouchability (Offences) Act. Learned counsel says that...

...rupees and not more than five hundred rupees.”5. It is not the case of the complainant that the accused insulted him on the ground of untouchability. All that the accused said was to call...offence under Sec. 7(1)(d) of the Act on the ground of untouchability. The applicant was undoubtedly a Chamar by case and the coming into force of the Untouchability (Offences) Act...four corners of Sec. 7. In my opinion the allegations as they existed will not make out a case under Sec. 7(1)(d) of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.6. To my mind ‘untouchability...

...or an attempt to insult on the ground of untouchability was concerned. The Legislature wanted to restrict it to a case in which such an insult, hurt, molested, injured or annoyed a member of Scheduled...has much more malice in it, than its literal meaning would suggest. Untouchability is a heinous crime against humanity as a whole. In our view the learned Judge in Laxman's case, (1981 Cri LJ...section 7(1)(d) of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”).2. The prosecution case in short is that the complainant Mukund Krishna...

...observation that the Petitioner might urge before the learned Magistrate his contention that the case should be registered for offences under the Untouchability Offences Act, 1955...Jain community and offering prayers and religious services in those places. He also alleged that the accused was encouraging untouchability by instigating the Jains not to have social...or religious intercourse with others of the same religion like the Complainant. According to the Complainant, the accused has contravened Sections 3, 7 and 10 of the Untouchability...

...Act. To attract the said provision it had to be shown that the words so uttered had the effect of insulting the appellant on the ground of “untouchability” which is not the case. There was no...Judge.2. In view of the order, which we propose to make, it is neither necessary nor advisable to refer to the facts of the case in detail lest it may prejudice the case of the...statement of the complainant on oath and the statements of two other witnesses examined before it, came to the conclusion that in the facts and circumstances of the case, the commission of an offence under...

...persons improved the only presumption arises that it was committed on the ground of untouchability. In that case the accused persons would be required to rebut the same. The rebuttal may be that the...the case of the respondents that they committed the act alleged on any other ground, the presumption will be that it was committed on the ground of untouchability. Thus, the only question to be...charges under sections 3 and 7 of the Protection of Civil Bights Act, 1955 (hereinafter called the ‘Act’).2. The prosecution case is that on 12-6-1978 at about noon, the Harijans, who were...

...had against the applicants is a matter with which we are not concerned in the instant case but certainly no offence under Section 3/4 of the Untouchability (Offences) Act is...Bhatta and mend hoes. On the basis of these allegasions it was alleged that an offence under Section 3/4 of the Untouchability (Offences) Act of 1955 has been committed. In...Sections 3 and 4 of the Untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955. There is no provision under which the use of such words can be said to be punishable under the aforesaid Act...

...ground of untouchability. In the same case, B's clothes lying on the ghat get trampled and soiled by the feet of A. B, getting annoyed because of spoiling of his clothes insults A even calling him a...case of insult simpliciter of a member of scheduled caste but not of insult on the ground of untouchability”.9. This decision was followed by a learned Single Judge of Allahabad High...decide whether the act committed would attract an offence under S. 7(1)(d) of the Act Even accepting the prosecution case the incident did not occur on the ground of untouchability. It was a sequence...

...tests of determining the insult or attempt to insult on the ground of untouchability. It may differ from case to case and having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the Courts will...intended to be on the ground of “Untouchability”. Keeping in view, the above observations, it will have to be seen, having regard to the facts and circumstances of this case, as to whether the accused...Agricultural Assistant. He was also posted at Jat — a Taluka place in Sangli district. It is the prosecution case that Chandanshive was on long leave with effect from November 5, 1978 to December 14, 1978. On...

...person, who practices untouchability. In the present case, the petitioner and the accused belong to fishermen community. Had the petitioner been boycotted for having espoused the cause of Dalits, then...On the complaint lodged by the petitioner, the respondent Police registered a case in Crime No.342 of 2013 under...], 504 and 506[i] IPC and the case was getting repeatedly adjourned for the examination of the petitioner herein as PW1. While so, the petitioner has filed the present petition with the above...

...poverty and the practice of untouchability, which was abolished with the enforcement of the Constitution of India, must be taken seriously.In the present case the petitioner has alleged...School. It is alleged that the respondent no. 4, belonging to upper caste, does not allow the lower caste children to sit with the upper caste children and practices untouchability in the school...discrimination to the children of the village by respondent no. 4 and practice of untouchability by her, which requires immediate interference by the Court.As an interim measure, we...

...petitioner with a grievance that there is a practice of untouchability in his Village, has approached this Court. 2.The case of the petitioner is that he belongs to Scheduled caste and he has been...temple festival is present before this Court and submits that they also belong to the scheduled caste and they are not adopting any untouchability as complained by the petitioner...other group, who are conducting the village festival submits that they also belong to the scheduled community and they have not practiced any untouchability, this Writ petition is dismissed. It is made...

...the community of the 2nd respondent. The 'Shanthi' is giving 'Prasaadam'. Therefore, there is no question of untouchability in this case. 8. Therefore, I am of...: SRI.SANGEETHARAJ.N.R, PP THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 08.11.2024, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY..., 2024 O R D E R This Criminal Miscellaneous case is filed to quash the proceedings in CC No. 1213/2017 on...

...untouchability in this respect. The case of social boycott does come within the clutches of section 7 of the Act. Under section 7 of the Act the aggrieved party must be such a person to whom the rights have...accrued by reason of abolition of untouchability under Article 17 of the Indian Constitution. It is not the case of the complainant that his case falls within those...accused (respondent Nos. 1 to 11 before me) challenging an order passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Raigad, Alibag in Summary Case No. 1040 of 2001 dated 5th December, 2001.4...

...or any other writ in nature of a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to dispose the petitioner's representation dated 26.11.2021 and to conduct detailed enquiry to remove the untouchability... The Writ Petition has been filed seeking to direct the respondents to dispose the petitioner's representation dated 26.11.2021 and to conduct detailed enquiry to remove the untouchability...fence permanently. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that he belongs to the Scheduled Caste community and he had purchased the land to the extent of two acres during the...