In the south, megaliths were being raised to the dead, and herdsmen were piling dung and establishing ash-mounds ...

Dravidian division based on geography or caste. In reality ... migrated eastwards and settled along the Indus River system. For convenience, the term "Zagrosians" will be used to refer to the ...

Few can disagree with the observation that “the notion that an occupation is considered as ‘degrading or menial’ is an aspect of the caste system and untouchability.” The provision that ...

Police officers and prison officials cannot take any disproportionate measures against prisoners. The prison system must be considerate of the physical and mental health of prisoners,” the top court ...

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A long post by Abhishek Upadhyay on X (formerly Twitter), titled "Yadav Raj versus Thakur Raj (or Singh Raj)", dealt with caste dynamics in the administrative machinery of Uttar Pradesh. The Supreme ...

“Similarly, the reference to ‘scavenger class’ is a practice of the caste system and untouchability. No social group is born as a ‘scavenger class’. They are forced to undertake certain ...

New Delhi: 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 ...

"All states are directed to make changes in accordance with the judgement." India's caste system, which splits up Hindus into different societal groups according to their birth, is thought by ...

The Bench noted that the notion that an occupation is considered as “degrading or menial” is an aspect of the caste system and Untouchability. It noted that the caste system rigidly assigns certain ...