Citizens for Justice and Peace
Girl annuls child marriage; panchayat slaps fine
12-May-2015
Jodhpur, May 12, 2015 (PTI) A girl’s decision to annul her marriage which was solemnised in her infancy has invited the wrath of the village panchayat which has slapped a hefty fine of Rs 16 lakh and banished the family from the community. Santadevi Meghwal, belonging to Rohichan Khurd village in Luni tehsil here, decided…
‘Muslims alienated us, Hindus didn’t accept us’
09-May-2015
Mohammad Ali Dabli (Agra), May 11, 2015 As a child, Arif Ali dreaded the sight of children doing tricks at traffic signals or walking on ropes on fields for money. This resident of Dabli village in Agra, didn’t want to end up like them. But being born into the ‘Nat’ community, he was supposed to…
Dalit groom forced to wear helmet as upper caste villagers stone baraat
09-May-2015
The procession was heavily stoned when it reached the panchayat chowk and more than half a dozen people sustained injuries. A Dalit groom’s baraat was stoned by upper-caste villagers forcing him to wear a helmet to the marriage venue in Negrun village of Ratlam district late on Sunday. Arguing that lower-caste grooms were not supposed…
Dalit sarpanch battles for life after questioning Marathas over water
08-May-2015
Mumbai: Is it wrong to spare a thought for your livestock’s water needs at a time when the mercury is soaring at 45 degree Celsius? Around 500 kms from Mumbai, Dalit sarpanch Datta Haribhau Kamble, 48, of Umra village in Parbhani district, who is battling for life after being set upon and attacked by upper-caste…
School shuts doors on boy with skin disease, to admit him after HC order
05-May-2015
Ahmedabad school admits student after barring him from school 18 months ago, following court orders. By: Express News Service | Ahmedabad | Published on:May 6, 2015 12:48 am About 18 months after it shut its doors on an 8-year-old boy suffering from a skin disease, a school in Ahmedabad has promised to take him back,…
Panchayat threatens family of boycott
05-May-2015
May 06, 2015 – Aftab Khan | Nashik A jaat panchayat (community court) has threatened to socially boycott a family, after a girl complained of molestation by a community leader’s son in Brahmani village of Rahuri tehsil in Ahmednagar district. The family has now appealed to Andhshraddha Nirmulan Samiti (ANS) for help. The girl, a…
Dalit family thrown out, seeks action against accused
26-Feb-2015
press trust of india Gadchiroli, 25 February A Dalit from Laxmipur village in Kurkheda taluka, Hiralal Shende, demanded stern action against the Purada police station officer for allegedly shielding the accused who threw away his belongings as well as compelled his family to leave his house and village, police sources said on Wednesday. After the…
Haji Ali ban on women: HC to hear plea on March 16
24-Feb-2015
dna correspondent @dna The Bombay high court on Monday said that on March 16, it will hear a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the ban on the entry of women into the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali Dargah, which houses the mazaar (tomb) of the saint. A division bench of justices VM Kanade and…
College fleeced Dalit students for 4 yrs
23-Feb-2015
The state government’s social justice department on Saturday registered a police case against Kavita Rege, principal of Sathaye College in Vile Parle (East), for allegedly overcharging Dalit students. The Vile Parle police station has booked her under the relevant sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989) and on the charge of cheating under…
UP Dalits barred from temple feast
09-Feb-2015
Mrigank Tiwari In an incident that illustrates that untouchability -called the curse of the country almost a century ago by Gandhi -still thrives in many parts of modern India, members of a Dalit community were barred from serving food at a community feast organized at a temple in Rewati village near Aonla on Friday night.…