Court Quashes FIR Against Junior Civil Judges Accused by Colleague Under SC/ST Act: Telangana High Court

In a significant ruling, the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad has quashed the FIR No. 258 of 2015, which had been registered under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act). The FIR was filed against a group of Junior Civil Judges, including Kum. Asifa Sulthana, alleging abuse in the name of caste by their colleague Ms. Molothu Bujji. The court…