Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Public View Requirement - Sections 3(1)(r) & 3(1)(s) SC/ST Act offences must be made in public view | SC
The Supreme Court ruled that a caste-based insult must be uttered in a place visible to the public to attract liability under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the SC/ST Act. Consequently, charges were dismissed where the alleged abuse occurred in a private office. This clarifies the public-view test for all future SC/ST Act prosecutions.