16-Year-Old SC/ST Case Against Mumbai Lawyer Quashed: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on 17 March 2026 delivered an important judgment in the case of Virendranath B. Tiwari v. State of Maharashtra & Others, where a long-pending criminal case was quashed. The case involved allegations under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and provisions of the Indian Penal Code. The Court found that the allegations were not sufficient to constitute any offence under the…