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marginally raised the compensation. court stated while setting aside the upheld Manu's claim to get back his
The Supreme Court recalculated the high court judgment in the case, caste benefits if, as a major, he had
loss and asked the insurance company Muneer Enterprises vs Ramgad genuinely converted to Hinduism and
to pay Rs 17.60 lakh to the victim. It Minerals and Mining Ltd. was accepted back by his caste. The
said that the statutory minimum wage court ruled that when a person
is not always binding and driving was Reconverted Hindu se- converts from Hinduism to another
a skilled job. cures scheduled caste religion, his caste is only eclipsed, once
benefits he reconverts, the eclipse passes.
The court fixed loss of future income
of the driver at Rs 8.64 lakh and The Supreme Court ordered that a Railways pay meager
medical expenses at Rs 2 lakh and Christian who was reconverted to amount as damages
future medical expenses at another Rs Hinduism will be given back his
2 lakh. The insurer shall also pay nine scheduled caste benefits. The SC ruling A recent decision was given in the case
per cent interest as the case was comes at a time when hardline Hindu of Brahma Dev vs Container Corporation
pending for six years. In another case, groups have triggered pan-India under which the Delhi High Court has
New India Assurance vs Sukanta controversy by organising 'ghar wapsi' ruled that loss of goods handed over to
Kumar, the tribunal awarded Rs 4 lakh ceremonies. the public sector Container Corporation
to the senior medical officer of Bhilai of India for transport will be
plant who suffered permanent Under a recent case filed by KP Manu, compensated only at the rate of Rs 50
disability in an accident. The Orissa a christian in Kerala, who had per kg, and not by the value of goods
High Court raised the amount to Rs 55 converted to Hinduism and got a job as reflected in the invoice.
lakh, but the Supreme Court reduced reserved for SCs only to be sacked
it to Rs 35 lakh as the high court after a scrutiny committee cancelled This is on account that the corporation
passed the order "without discussion his caste certificate. While ordering is covered by the Railways Act and the
and computation". that the SC benefits be restored to liability is limited by it. In a similar
Manu, a SC bench of Justices Dipak case, the high court remarked that the
More bungling in Karnataka Misra and V Gopala Gowda, also limit of Rs 50 was fixed in 1990 and it
mine leases controversially referred to is not reasonable.
discriminations that persist when a
The Supreme Court indicted the Hindu converts to Christianity to The law makers have not taken a
Karnataka government and its Director escape the caste system. second look at the anomalous
of Mines for the way they transferred provision. The court said in the
large mining lands in Bellary district While this helped him get a job judgment, Rare Earth Overseas vs CCI:
from Dalmia Cement Ltd to another reserved for the Scheduled Castes, "It cannot be lost sight of that Railways
mining firm, flouting rules under the the state caste scrutiny committee, enjoy monopoly. There is a need to
Forest Act and the Mineral Concession acting on a complaint, found that approach the aspect of such
Rules. Manu did not observe any customs and compensation from a holistic
traditions of the Hindu religion and can perspective, keeping in mind the
National wealth should be distributed called his caste certificate. He interest of citizens. It prima facie
strictly according to the rules and the challenged this and lost his case in the appears that the government is
conduct of the state and its authorities High Court. required to have a relook into the rules
are "highly condemnable and calls for from time to time to keep pace with
stringent action against them," the However, recently the Supreme Court the inflationary trends."
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