SC/ST Act Charge Set Aside; Alleged Caste Remarks Inside Private Office Do Not Meet 'Public View' Requirement: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has set aside the order framing charges under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against management officials of Trans World Radio India. The Court held that even if the allegations made by the complainants were accepted at face value, they did not satisfy the mandatory legal requirement that the alleged caste-based insult or intimidation must have occurred "within…