SC holds provisions of Prison Manuals/ Rules enabling caste-based discrimination of manual labour as unconstitutional
States and Union Territories have been directed to revise and change the prison manuals to end caste-based allotment of work.
Caste based discrimination
Is obstruction & abuse by upper caste person due to property dispute an offence under SC/ST Act? Not in all cases, says SC
Supreme Court: In a case where abuses were hurled by a person of upper caste at a person belonging to Scheduled Caste