Supreme Court of India
Swaran Singh & Ors. v. State through Standing Counsel & Anr.
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Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989- s. 3 (1) (x) - Charges under- Of three c accused - For calling a person 'Chamar' - Quashing of charges sought - Held: Calling a member of Scheduled Caste as 'Chamar' with intent to insult or humiliate is an of- fence - Ascertainment of the intent, however, is matter of evi- dence - 'Chamar' though is name of a Caste, is often used in derogatory sense - While interpreting the provision popular meaning of the word 'chamar' should be taken into account and not its etgmological meaning - On perusal of FIR prima "' facie a
Where later benches applied it
- 2020 Hitesh Verma v. The State of Uttarakhand & Anr.
- 2026 Gunjan @ Girija Kumari v. State (nct of Delhi)
- 2025 Kiran v. Rajkumar Jivraj Jain & Anr.
- 2025 Karuppudayar v. State Rep. by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Lalgudi Trichy & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to
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