SC/ST Case Against Factory Owners Not Quashed, Delay Alone Not Sufficient Ground: Karnataka High Court

The case arose from a complaint filed by a factory worker belonging to a Scheduled Caste. The worker alleged that on 6 April 2024, three factory owners, including Shyam Mehta, abused him and another employee using caste-based slurs and threatened them with dismissal. The incident occurred at the dispatch section gate of the factory in Hubballi. However, the FIR was registered on 29 October 2024, almost six months after the…