Rajasthan High Court declared that the phrases 'Bhangi, Neech, and Bhikari are not caste-indicative'
Rajasthan: Rajasthan High Court removed the caste-indicative words from SC-ST Act and said that words like Bhangi Neech Bhikari and Mangni are not caste-indicative. The matter is related to the argument with government employees during the action of removing encroachment. After this the matter reached the court. The court removed the sections of SC-ST Act against the four accused who used these words.
In a case filed under the Scheduled Caste-Tribe Act, the Rajasthan High Court made an important decision. The High Court declared that terms like Bhangi, Neech, Bhikari, and Mangni are not caste-indicative and removed them from the SC-ST Act.
Actually, the matter is related to the argument with government employees during the action of removing encroachment. After this the matter reached the court. The court removed the sections of the SC-ST Act against the four accused who used these words. Judge Virendra Kumar's bench has given this decision in a 13-year-old case.
It is regarding the Jaisalmer Kotwali police station, where on the 31st day of January 2011, one case was registered under the SC-ST Act. Additionally, Harishchandra with other officials had gone to investigate the encroachment done by Achal Singh. When he was measuring the site in the area, Achal Singh abused government official Harish Chandra, which included words like Mangni, Beggar, Neech, and Bhangi. On this, a case was registered against Achal Singh in the police under the SC-ST Act on behalf of the government officials.