HYDERABAD: The LB Nagar police registered a case against MLA D Sudheer Reddy under the SC/ST Act for allegedly insulting Hasthinapuram Corporator Banoth Sujatha, who belongs to the ST community.

The bench said the offence under the 1989 Act is not established merely on the fact that the complainant is a member of a SC or ST, unless there is an intention to humiliate such a member because ...

A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra gave this ruling while granting anticipatory bail to Shajan Skaria, editor of an online Malayalam news channel, booked under SC/ST Act for calling ...