‘Ban segregation of work based on caste’: Supreme Court
In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday banned caste-based discrimination like division of manual labour, segregation of barracks and bias against prisoners of de-notified tribes and habitual offenders by holding as “unconstitutional” the jail manual rules of 10 states for fostering such biases. Observing that the “right to live with dignity extends even to the incarcerated”, a bench… Continue reading "‘Ban segregation of work based on caste’: Supreme Court"