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Two surrender before SC/ST court in Coimbatore in a case of atrocity against Dalit man
Published - April 04, 2025 05:30 pm IST - COIMBATORE
Two persons belonging to a dominant caste surrendered before the Special Court for the trial of cases registered under the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in Coimbatore on Friday for alleged caste atrocities against a Dalit man.
S.M.P Sekar of Suleeswaranpatti near Pollachi and Saravanakumar from M.G.R. Nagar at Pollachi surrendered before the court. Special Court Judge K. Vivekananthan remanded them in judicial custody, said court sources.
A 35-year-old man from Jothi Nagar in Pollachi, who has been working as a meter assessor with the Tangedco, bought 3.5 cents of land from Sekar in December 2012 through broker Saravanakumar. Sekar and Saravanakumar allegedly sold the same plot of land to another person in March 2013, sources said.
The buyer, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste community, came to know that the property was not in his name when he checked encumbrance certificate in March last year while planning to construct a house. When he confronted Sekar and Saravanakumar, they used casteist slurs against him, following which he moved the SC/ST Commission.
Though the Commissioner directed the police to register a case against Sekar and Saravanakumar, the police did not follow the instruction. The buyer later approached the Madras High Court, which directed the police to register a case against the duo in October last year.
After a delay, the police registered a case against Sekar and Saravanakumar on February 22 this year under different Sections of the Indian Penal Code and the SC/ST Act.
Though the land seller and the broker approached the High Court seeking relief in the case a few days ago, the court directed them to surrender before the special court, added the sources.
Published - April 04, 2025
- Tamilnadu.
Duo booked for cheating and abusing dalit man surrender before Coimbatore court, lodged in jail
BC intellectuals press for Ninth Schedule protection for Telangana’s 67% Reservation
Published - April 05, 2025 09:09 pm IST - HYDERABAD
The Telangana government should not be in a hurry to implement the overall 67% Reservation for BCs, SC and ST, surpassing the Supreme Court’s cap of 50%, and land in courts facing constitutional challenges.
“The Telangana government had taken rightful steps to achieve 67% Reservation and the safest path is the Tamil Nadu route of Ninth Schedule protection,” said advocate and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP P. Wilson on Saturday.
Speaking at the conference organised here, ‘42% Reservations for BCs in Education, Employment and Local Bodies: A Roadmap for Social Justice’, he cited Tamil Nadu’s experience.
“Protection of Ninth schedule of Indian Constitution is required for a legislation such as Reservation. The arms of the Constitutional court would not reach, it cannot review except if they violate the basic structure. It is like a big compound wall,” he observed.
Mr. Wilson lauded the State government and all its political parties for standing united for passage of the Bills.
Retired Justice V. Eswaraiah, also the former chairperson of National Commission for Backward Classes, urged for unity and cautioned BC organisations not to fall prey to political tactics.
He stressed that mere government orders and resolutions are not sufficient but only a constitutional amendment will provide lasting protection to Reservation policies.
Former Advocate-General (Telangana) Justice B.S. Prasad while asserting that social justice was not a matter of charity but a constitutional mandate, emphasised that the true spirit of the Constitution lies in ensuring equitable representation and participation of historically disadvantaged communities.
He endorsed the demand for 42% Reservations to BCs and supported the inclusion of reservation laws in the Ninth Schedule as a necessary step to protect them from judicial review.
The conference organised by BC Intellectual Forum, All India BC Federation, All India OBC Students Association, and Telangana BC Lawyers Front, also saw participation of former bureaucrats, national and State leaders from various disciplines.
Published - April 05, 2025 09:09 pm IST
- Karnataka
Karnataka's Bold Step Towards Internal Reservation for Scheduled Castes
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah confirms the government's commitment to implementing internal reservation among Scheduled Castes (SC). A survey, led by Justice Nagmohan Das, will gather data to ensure a fair distribution of benefits. This initiative aims to address inequalities within SC sub-castes, as ordered by the Supreme Court.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced a firm commitment from his government to implement internal reservation among Scheduled Castes (SC), dispelling any public doubts.
The state has commissioned Justice H N Nagmohan Das to lead a crucial survey over the next two months to gather empirical data.
This move aims to ensure fair distribution among SC sub-castes, preventing dominant sub-castes from monopolizing benefits, following a Supreme Court directive allowing state-level internal classification.
(With inputs from agencies.)
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/dalit-priests-uphold-temple-traditions-in-vallabhi-for-over-90-years-1871128.
'A Mad Government': Ambedkar's Warning Rings as Modi Dispensation Amends Waqf Legislation
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The Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024, scripted by the Modi regime and passed by both the Houses of parliament militates against the constitution at a time when its 75th anniversary is being celebrated.
Orchestrated utterances by BJP leaders inside both the Houses – that the Bill is beneficial to the Muslim community – sound hollow in the context of their deafening silence when blood curdling calls were issued by several top BJP functionaries from the so called Dharm Sansads (religious parliaments) for genocide of Muslims and their comprehensive economic boycott.
Therefore, the Waqf Amendment Bill after its enactment on getting the assent of President Draupadi Murmu would be part of the instrumentality of law devised by the Modi regime to target Muslims and their moveable and immoveable Waqf properties.
It is now part of the BJP’s pattern of assaulting Muslims. It has used ‘love jihad’ legislations in several BJP-ruled states and other intimidatory formulations such as land jihad and UPSC jihad. Such coercion of Muslims caused by actions of the state amount to the declaration of ceaseless hostility towards them.
The situation is evocative of fears expressed by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar who while speaking in the Constituent Assembly on the Objectives Resolution on December 17, 1946, remarked with sadness that several leaders of that time who spewed venom against Muslims talked of launching a war against them and created a false perception that they intended to target the British rulers. In exposing their deception, he warned:
“…If there is anybody who has in his mind the project of solving the Hindu-Muslim problem by force, which is another name of solving it by war… in order that the Muslims may be subjugated…[t]his country would be involved in perpetually conquering them.”
Designated official
Several provisions of the Waqf Bill clearly indicate how Muslims would be treated with hostility regardless of the Modi government’s stand that it would be beneficial to them.
Clause 4 3C (1) of the Bill states that an officer above the rank of Collector (designated officer) would examine if a government property has been declared as be a Waqf property. It proceeds to add that till the designated officer submits the report such property shall not be treated as Waqf property.
The designated officer being a government officer would act as per the thinking or instructions of the government. When high constitutional functionaries such as governors appointed by the Modi regime in non-BJP ruled states act contrary to their oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution” how on earth can anybody expect the designated officer working under a government to act in a fair manner?
In a hypothetical context, in case the designated officer declares that a mosque or dargah is not a Waqf property then the government of the day would take no time to bulldoze those structures in the manner in which, in several BJP-ruled states, bulldozers are employed to demolish dwelling units of many Muslims in clear violation of the Supreme Court guidelines in this regard.
Of course there are provisions to appeal against that decision of the designated officer in higher courts. But once a decision is taken by the designated official the legal route in pursuit of justice would be a long drawn-out exercise and the process itself would be the punishment.
Also read: Why the Waqf Bill Passage Is Not a ‘Muslim’ Issue, It Affects all of India
Who is a practising Muslim
It is indeed perplexing that the Waqf Bill mandates that donors dedicating land for Waqf, must have been practicing Muslims for at least five years. This is contrary to the tenets of Islam which do not specify any number of years. The state defining a Muslim in such a manner in contrast to its silence with regards to people of other faiths goes against the very constitution which treats people of all faiths equally.
Constitution of Waqf Council
Contrary to the law mandating that the boards governing Hindu temples would be constituted by enlisting only Hindus, the Central Waqf Council, under the new Waqf legislation of 2024, would have non-Muslims apart from the required number of Muslim men and women. The manner in which the non-Muslims have been included in the Central Waqf Council testifies to the Modi regime’s blatant adherence to the doctrine of differential rights – one set of rights for Hindus and a completely different set for Muslims.
The doctrine of differential rights defined the colonial rule in India and placed Indians in an inferior position in relation to European colonial masters.
Waqf by User
The legislation also dispenses the Waqf-by-user principle, according to which properties are legally held as Waqf based not on documentary declaration but solely on use for public religious or charitable purposes for a long span of time. The Modi regime often invokes the Supreme Court judgement on Babri Mosque-Ram Temple dispute and flags its operative portion allowing the construction of Ram temple. But it ignores the description of the demolition of the mosque as an egregious violation of rule of law. In that judgement it is explicitly held that “Our jurisprudence recognises the principle of Waqf-by-user even absent an express deed of dedication or declaration.”
Kapil Sibal, the legal luminary and Rajya Sabha MP while participating in the discussion on the floor of the House, urged the government to honour the aforementioned Supreme Court judgement outlining the long-held legal and jurisprudential validity of Waqf-by-user principle removed from the Bill.
Inclusive idea of Waqf dispensed with
It is also tragic that the inclusive idea of the Waqf outlined in the Waqf Act, 1995, has been removed in the Waqf Bill, 2024. The 1995 Act stated that “Waqf means the permanent dedication by any person, of any movable or immovable property for any purpose recognised by the Muslim law as pious, religious or charitable.”
Any person in the above definition included, apart from Muslims, the Hindus and people professing other faiths. In the present form the Waqf Bill, 2024 states that only a Muslim practising the faith for five years would do the permanent dedication. Reducing a broad definition to a narrow one speaks of the constricted vision enshrined in the legislation.
On December 2, 1948, in the context of anxieties expressed by some Muslim members of the Constituent Assembly on a Uniform Civil Code, Ambedkar cautioned, “No government can exercise its power in such a manner as to provoke the Muslim community to rise in rebellion”.
He then sharply remarked, “It would be a mad government if it did so.”
S.N. Sahu served as Officer on Special Duty to President of India K.R. Narayanan.
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