The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, is an Indian law designed to prevent crimes against members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
The court held that a ‘mere insult or intimidation with a view to humiliate’ does not comprise an offence. While the incident ‘need not be in a public place, it has to be in public view’, the court sa ...