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Ban on mentioning caste in FIRs
March 28 , 2019
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- The Punjab and Haryana High Court has barred the mentioning of caste in the FIRs.
- The antiquated Punjab Police Rules -1934 specified the mentioning of the caste of the complainant and the accused in the FIRs.
- The bench asserted that the right to dignity was a fundamental and basic human right.
- It also added division of society into sections cannot be determined by birth as all are born equal.
- The ruling came in a murder case where the Haryana Police mentioned during the course of the investigation the caste of the accused, witnesses and the victims.
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