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accused had been identified as Vinod and Prajeet, both about 21 years. Vinod and Prajeet are relativesand own an autorickshaw. They used to occasionally take the two girls, both sisters, aged 18 and 16years, in autorickshaw from their (girls’) house to a cashew factory about six kilometres away, for the lastone-and-a-half years. During this period, they developed a physical relationship with them. Both Vinodand Prajeet promised to marry the girls, then minors, and later went back on their word. A case has beenregistered under Sections 376 and 417 of IPC, the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act, Section 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, on a complaintgiven by the mother of the two girls at Kollur police station and further investigations were on, the policesaid. (The Hindu 30/7/13)Another dalit-vanniyar couple run into community hurdle (2)CHENNAI: The ill-fated Divya-Elavarasan marriage, and the violence it triggered, has shattered peace inanother household where a dalit-vanniyar couple was leading a peaceful life for more than three years.Now the dalit woman, S Sudha , who married a vanniyar man in April 2010 at Kadaiyampatti village inDharmapuri district , has come knocking at the doors of the Madras high court, claiming that the entirefamily, including her in-laws , had been excommunicated. She sought protection from 'community leaders'Justice K K Sasidharan, before whom the matter came up for hearing, directed the Dharmapuri districtadministration to provide police protection to Sudha and her family members, and ensure that they livedpeacefully without any threat or attack from the 21 identified individuals of the village. Lamenting the lackof camaraderie among people from different castes, Justice Sasidharan said: "This petition projects asorry state of affairs in Tamil Nadu, and Dharmapuri district in particular. The petitioner (Sudha) had alove affair with a man of another community resulting in their marriage. She now wants to live in thevillage along with her in-laws . In a matter of this nature, the court has to strike a balance between theright of the petitioner to live in the village and the need to preserve peace and tranquillity in the area."Sudha said that after the Divya-Elavarasan episode, violence broke out in Dharmapuri. She claimed thatmembers of the vanniyar community in the village boycotted her family. Life became so miserable thatshe was forced to leave the village, she said, adding that 21 local leaders conducted a katta panchayat(kangaroo court) and excommunicated her and the family. She wanted police protection to live in thevillage. When the matter was taken up, the government pleader informed the court that police werealready providing protection to her and that two sub-inspectors and eight constables had been posted fortheir protection. Recording the submissions, Justice Sasidharan asked the Dharmapuri superintendent ofpolice to ensure that Sudha's family was able to live peacefully, and was allowed to use the village welland other common amenities without any problem…. (Times of India 31/7/13)Protect Dalit woman, Dharmapuri SP told (2)CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the Dharmapuri district Superintendent of Police toprovide protection to Dalit woman S Sudha, who married an upper-caste man and thereby earned thewrath of the villagers and was ex-communicated. This writ petition projected a sorry state-of-affairsprevailing in the State in general and more particularly in Dharmapuri, Justice KK Sasidharan observedon July 26. In a matter of this nature, the court had to strike a balance between the right of the petitionerto live in the village and the need to preserve the peace and tranquility in the area, the judge added. Itwas open to Sudha to enter her village and live along with her in-laws. The police should ensure that shelived peacefully without any threat or attack by 21 persons named in her affidavit, or their men. The policeprotection must be meaningful and they should ensure that the petitioner was permitted to take water anduse other common amenities without any problem, the judge said while passing interim orders on a writpetition from Sudha. The judge also issued notices to the 21 persons, returnable by August 19. (new<strong>Indian</strong> Express 31/7/13)HC allows girl to live with Dalit husband (2)
MADURAI: The Madras High Court bench here on Thursday closed a habeas corpus petition filed by thewife of a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam functionary, who claimed that her daughter was kidnapped by aDalit boy. The petitioner, S. Dhanalakshmi, wife of V.V. Subramanian, a caste Hindu and a DMKfunctionary from Sayalkudi, had alleged in her petition that her daughter S. Prathiba, a physiotherapist,was kidnapped by S. Seenivasan, an engineer belonging to the Dalit community. A division benchcomprising Justices S. Rajeswaran and T. Mathivanan closed the case after Mrs. Prathiba appeared atthe court and submitted that she was married to Mr. Seenivasan since September 12, 2012. Mrs.Prathiba further told the judges that her mother had filed the case only to separate her from her husband.The couple was living in Odisha, where Mr. Seenivasan worked as an electrical engineer in a privatecompany, she said. The judges recorded her submissions and directed the petitioner to permit Mrs.Prathiba to go with her husband. They instructed the girl’s family not to harass the couple and closed thecase. (The Hindu 2/8/13)UK Dalits fear delay may kill law banning discrimination (2)LONDON: Dalits in Britain fear that the landmark legislation, calling for end to caste discrimination, mayget repealed even before its implementation as the time-table for the consultative process by the DavidCameroon government may run through to the summer of 2015. The House of Commons, through theEquality Act, had voted for legal protection of the estimated four lakh Dalits in UK, the first country outsideSouth Asia to legislate such a law. "The proposed timetable to finally implement the landmark law will runthrough to 2015 - and probably after the next general elections. This unprecedented prolongedconsultation means that the government can repeal the legislation before it is implemented. At this ratethe sunset clause - review of the legislation will take place before the legislation is even implemented,"UK-based Dalit Solidarity Network said. "There is no problem with a consultation period - and in fact it iswelcomed. But why is a consultation period of up to 2 years deemed necessary? This government's ownguidelines stipulate a 12 week period to be an optimum," it said. Recently, a Tory Minister was accused ofreneging on a pledge to end caste discrimination. "It certainly appears that the government's intention isto kick this important piece of legislation into the long grass," the Network said. Equalities minister HelenGrant said: "The consultation will focus purely on how they implement the law, not whether it isimplemented. It is vital that we get it right and that requires consultation with a wide range of groups." TheNetwork said discussions with the anti-legislation lobby had already taken place. "As far as we know atleast three meetings have taken place with the minister since the government agreed to activate the casteclause in the Equality Act. Why does our current government fear the anti-legislation lobby?" it said. Afterseveral U-turns, the British Parliament agreed in April to outlaw caste discrimination. In a letter to Hindugroups, which are opposed to the legislation, Grant said a safeguard had been introduced which wouldallow the government to remove caste discrimination from the statute book if reviews showed it is notnecessary. (Times of India 3/8/13)Activists condemn police brutality against Dalit girls (2)Mangalore: Alleged police laxity and brutality in dealing with the assault of two Dalit girls inGuruvanyankere, Belthangady taluk, for their dressing sense, drew anger from numerous Dalit activistshere on Sunday. Raising the issue at the Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes grievance meet, activistsdemanded to know why not filed cases were filed against the men or the policemen who had allegedlyassaulted them probed. “Even if someone objects to their dressing sense, who has the authority to beatthe girls up,” asked activist Sadashiv Urwastore. Similarly, Parvathi and other activists said Dalit girls invillages were being moral policed. As reported by The Hindu on July 30, the two sisters –one of them aminor – claimed to have been harassed by men on July 17 who had asked them to “come to a lodge”after they saw them wearing sleeveless tops and skirts. When spurned, the men assaulted them in public,accusing them of being prostitutes, and hurling casteist slurs. The girls were taken to Bethangady policestation, where they were berated, beaten, and charged for being prostitutes. They spent three days in jail
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