In what is being seen as a case of caste-based discrimination, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President and Sriperumbudur MLA K Selvaperunthagai has alleged that he was deliberately sidelined du ...

The Madras High Court on Wednesday, July 23, directed the Perambalur district authorities to ensure that the temple car ...

The Madras High Court recently criticized the police authorities to closing down a public temple and denying entry to ...

Ensure Perambalur village temple car passes through streets inhabited by Scheduled Caste residents: Madras High Court ...

Caste tension arose from allegations that Scheduled Caste devotees were being denied entry into the temple by members of the dominant Vanniyakulachathiriyar community ...

Chennai: Madras High Court has directed the Perambalur district authorities to ensure that the temple car procession of Sri ...

Traffic on the Tiruchi–Dindigul National Highway came to a standstill for over two hours on Friday evening after residents blocked the road near Kallupatti, condemning the arrest of two persons ...

CHENNAI: Take legal action against those preventing a person from entering a temple because of his or her caste, Madras high court has directed authorities, stressing that caste-based discrimination ...

In a significant ruling affirming the principle of equality, the Madras High Court has directed the Ariyalur Superintendent of Police (SP) to ensure that Scheduled Caste (SC) individuals are not ...

The family filed a case against their opponents under the 1989 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, which protects Dalits against caste-based violence and punishes ...

The Madras High Court has ruled that the Scheduled Caste devotees were entitled to enter and participate in temple rituals or festivals. The order was passed by the single-judge Bench of Justice N ...

However, independent India since 1951 only counted Dalits and Adivasis, who are referred to as scheduled castes and tribes, respectively. Everyone else’s caste was marked as general.