Late Social activist and Human rights defender Mr.Raj mohan chandra residing in Rajiv Gandhi Nager, Vaira kundru, Chengam road at Tiruvannamalai. He worked as a social activist and he worked as a free legal adviser to poor people and he filed many petitions through Right to information Act (RTI). Because of his work had many enemies around this area. On 02.07.2012 early morning he went to milk shop to buy a milk, while he return to home he was murdered by Vengatesan and and other by deadly weapon In front of Singathirthakulam pool at Tiruvannamalai. Tiruvannamalai police filed case. After many social activist protest only police arrested two accused. 

Kolliyankulam village is in Mailam Union, Tindivanam Taluk, Villupuram District. This village is home to nearly 1500 Dalit families. R. Sakthivel, N. Selvaraj, and P. Rathinavel, belongs of caste hindu Kounder community, have occupied and built thatched houses in the temple land belongs to dalits. They were living in this temple land for the last 15 years. As the village get congested and temple worship during festival poses difficulty, Dalits and others of this village decided to build a new temple and asked the three caste hindu kounder families to vacate from the occupied temple land, . Hence the three familes were promised to be allocated another land for their residential purpose. But the caste hindu vanniyars persuaded this three families not to vacate the temple land. Due to their reesistance, a peace meeting was convened at the Taluk office by the revenue department and the three families agreed to vacate if they are provided a alternative housing land. Hence the three were provided alternative houses and land. But the three families denied to accept the offer, due to their false allegiance with the Mailam Vanniyars. On 23/06/2012, 250 dalits and other community people asked them to vacate the land. Later a scuffle broke out and the Kolliyangkulam villagers demolished the three thatched houses. As the three families filed a complaint with the Mailam police station, police officials called the village elders to broker peace. Vanniyars of Mailam village gathered in large number carrying deadly weapons. Police have allowed only the panchayat president for the meeting and they have allowed 20 caste hindu people in support of the three families. Due to this bias of the police, dalits refused to participate in the peace meeting. Vannniyars tried to attack the dalits. Hence Dalits staged a protest against the bias of the police and against the vanniyars. Later during the midnight Mailam police officials entered the dalits settlement of the Kolliyangkulam village and ransacked the properties of the dalits and brutally assaulted innocent dalits. Due to this mass atrocity commissioned by the Mailam police station officials, dalits have lost properties worth Rs. 15 lakhs.  S. Stephen, V. Murugan, Lakshmi, Vinoth kumar, Naresh kumar, Sakthivel, Vinayahamoorthy were brutally assaulted by the police mob. Police have filed false cases against the Vinayahamoorthy, Sakthivel, Mohanraj, Vijayarangam and other Dalits students. Dalits were dragged outside their houses and were subject to brutal assault by the police men and women in the public view. Due to the police atrocity, almost all the dalits of the village, deserted the village fearing further onslaught by the Mailam police station police men and women.

Legal Standard Breached:

1.       No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to - the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of the general public. (Art. 15(2)(b) IC-FR).
2.       Voluntarily causing hurt to and assault or another person is an offence Sec.323, 326, 342,355, 34 of IPC
3.       Whoever  commits,  the  offence  of  criminal  intimidation  shall  be  punished  with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. (Sec. 506 of IPC).
4.       A person, who is not a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, who intentionally insults or intimidates with intent to humiliate a member of a Scheduled Caste in any place of public view, is guilty of an offence under the Act ( sec. 3(1)(x) SC/ST (PoA) Act).
5.       Whoever institutes false, malicious or vexatious suit or criminal or other legal proceedings against a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe - shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years and with fine. (Sec. 3(1)(viii) SC/ST PoA Act).
6.       Whoever gives any false or frivolous information to any public servant and thereby causes such public servant to use his lawful power to the injury or annoyance of a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe - shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years and with fine. (Sec. 3(1)(ix) SC/ST PoA Act).
7.       Whoever, being a public servant but not being a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, willfully neglects his/her duties required to be performed by him/her under this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to one year [sec. 4 SC/ST (PoA) Act].
8.       No one shall be deprived of his/her right to life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary detention or imprisonment [Art. 21 IC-FR, Art. 9 UDHR, & Art. 9(1) ICCPR].
9.       Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person [Arts. 3 UDHR, Art. 6(1) ICCPR & Art. 5(b) CERD].
10.   No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment [Art. 5 UDHR and Art. 7 ICCPR].

Surajmal (45) s/o Onkar resides at Dayalpur village, under Kekdi police station in Ajmer Dist. with his 4 sons & 1 daughter belongs to Scheduled Caste (Bhil) community. The victim’s family works in a brick kiln at Dayalpur village to meet their daily needs. The family of Mahavir s/o Ogma, who is a paternal cousin of Surajmal also reside over there and works in the same brick kiln for their livelihood.

On 20 June, 12, about 5 p.m. Mahavir s/o Ugma, Badami Devi w/o Ugma, Kamla w/o Mahavir, Santora w/o Vaijnath, Vaijnath s/o Madu, Kishan s/o Bhadu, Ghanshyam s/o Nanda Purvia, Soji s/o Gangaram and others went to victim’s house and brutally attack Rekha d/o Surajmal. The reason behind the attack was that the accused persons alleged Rekha practicing witch craft and she killed accused person’s daughter through magic.   

Surajmal left the place along with the family for Sarwad village in the night itself to save their lives. Next day, he went to Kekdi police station to lodge complaint, but the police did not entertain his complaint.

Therefore, on 21 June, 12, he prepared a representation with the help of an advocate and submitted to SDM. With his direction the case was registered on 22 June, 12, No.223/12, u/s 143,323,341,355 IPC& of SC/ST (PoA) Act. However the police have not taken any action against the assailants. The accused persons threat the victim’s family to compromise the case or else they would take revenge. The victim’s family is under threat now. The victim has not received any compensation from the administration so far.

Mr. Veerasamy resist at Jainager, Tirupur district. He is working as a Electrician. His second daughter sakthidevi was studying in Balwadi School at Jainager. She was corporal punished by balwadi helper. She burn punishment in her hand and mouth. Police not filed case and she transfer to other school. 

Case in Brief:

 Puvalaparuthi village is in Pollachi taluk, Coimbatore district. In this village, Dalits and others are denied public road for the last 30 years, as one Sundaram built his house in the public road after allegedly getting patta over that public road. Hence Dalits and other caste hindus filed a petition with the District Magistrate regarding this. Dalit School children who happened to use a private path enroute to their school, were forced to carry their Chappals while they trespassing the private path. On knowing this untouchability practice, Dalit activist and member of District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee Mr. Jeyaraj filed a complaint the District collector and gave a new report about this practice of untouchability. Hence the local newspapers and Kumutham news reporters visited the village and interviewed the children and recorded the untouchability practice asking the children to do how they carry the Chappals while using the private path. As this report sent a shock wave, the Aliyar police officials visited the village to make an enquiry about this. Later due to pressure exerted by the anti-social elements, Dalits reported that there is no such untouchability practice. Hence Jeyaraj was called into the village and he was manhandled by the police men and the villagers. A false case was registered against him for abetment of caste conflict and disturbance to public tranquility and making false propanganda about Untouchability practice.

Legal Standard Breached:

1.       Voluntarily causing hurt to and assault or another person is an offence Sec.323, 326, 342,355, 34 of IPC
2.       No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to - the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of the general public. (Art. 15(2)(b) IC-FR).
3.       Whoever wrongfully dispossesses a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe from his land or premises or interferes with the enjoyment of his rights over any land, premises or water; shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years and with fine [Sec. 3(1)(v) of PoA Act].
4.       Whoever denies a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe any customary right of passage to a place of public resort or obstructs such member so as to prevent him from using or having access to a place of public resort to which other members of public or any section thereof have a right to use or access to; - - shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years and with fine. (Sec. 3(1)(xiv) SC/ST PoA Act).
5.       Whoever  commits,  the  offence  of  criminal  intimidation  shall  be  punished  with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. (Sec. 506 of IPC).
6.       A person, who is not a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, who intentionally insults or intimidates with intent to humiliate a member of a Scheduled Caste in any place of public view, is guilty of an offence under the Act ( sec. 3(1)(x) SC/ST (PoA) Act).
7.       Whoever institutes false, malicious or vexatious suit or criminal or other legal proceedings against a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe - shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years and with fine. (Sec. 3(1)(viii) SC/ST PoA Act).
8.       Whoever gives any false or frivolous information to any public servant and thereby causes such public servant to use his lawful power to the injury or annoyance of a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe - shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years and with fine. (Sec. 3(1)(ix) SC/ST PoA Act).
9.       Whoever, being a public servant but not being a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, willfully neglects his/her duties required to be performed by him/her under this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to one year [sec. 4 SC/ST (PoA) Act].
10.   No one shall be deprived of his/her right to life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary detention or imprisonment [Art. 21 IC-FR, Art. 9 UDHR, & Art. 9(1) ICCPR].
11.   Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person [Arts. 3 UDHR, Art. 6(1) ICCPR & Art. 5(b) CERD].
12.   No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment [Art. 5 UDHR and Art. 7 ICCPR].