SC rules casteist abuses in private space without ‘public view’ not an offence under SC/ST Act: What does the verdict mean?

On 20th August (Thursday), the Supreme Court declared that hurling alleged casteist slurs in private settings does not fulfill the legal criteria to be classified as an offense under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities (SC/ST) Act. The judgement was pronounced in a case against a school manager. He was accused of attacking and subjecting the father of two…