Dear Friends, Activists, Lawyers, NGOs, CSOs, and Concerned Citizens, LawPilot Foundation has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the High Court of Telangana seeking directions to the government to identify atrocity-prone areas and implement preventive measures as mandated under Rule 3 of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995. The Division Bench of the High Court has sought the latest data and specific instances of atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Telangana. We have already placed on record several official documents, including: Annual Reports of the Scheduled Caste Development Department (2020–2025) Reports from the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights Relevant chapters from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Telangana Police crime statements Despite these submissions (totalling nearly 500 pages), the Court has expressed the need for more recent, concrete cases, particularly from 2025–2026, to appreciate the ground reality and the extent of non-implementation of preventive provisions. We therefore urgently request your support in providing the following: For Lawyers handling SC/ST atrocity cases - Please share FIR copies, charge sheets, and other relevant case documents from 2025–2026. For NGOs, Activists, and Civil Society Organisations: Please share your fact-finding reports, documentation, or case compilations on atrocities against SCs and STs in Telangana, particularly for the period 2025–2026. For Police Officers: We request FIRs and related documents for atrocity cases registered under the SC/ST POA Act. For Victims and their families: Any details of cases you are willing to share (with necessary safety precautions) would be extremely valuable. All shared information will be used solely to strengthen the PIL and advance justice. We assure you of complete confidentiality where requested. Share the documents in PDF to the below emails or WhatsApp: lawpilotfoundation@gmail.com navayan@gmail.com reachablelawyer@gmail.com WhatsApp 9346677007, 9985673139 LawPilot Foundation is a newly established, self-funded human rights organisation. Our members contribute from their personal resources to carry forward this public cause. We currently do not have institutional funding or a dedicated research wing, which is why we are reaching out to all stakeholders for gathering information. Your contribution, however small, can make a significant difference in advancing systemic preventive measures and accountability. We sincerely urge you to share whatever authentic information you possess at the earliest. Thank you for standing with us in this important effort. With gratitude, Dr B Karthik Navayan Founder Director, LawPilot Foundation

A 33 yr old Dalit man in Uttar Pradesh was beaten to death by three intoxicated coworkers after he refused to massage their feet during a drinking session. He was assaulted with a belt and an iron rod and died on the spot.

His name is Harekala Hajabba. For decades he has sold oranges from a small cart near the bus stand in Mangaluru, Karnataka. He earns around a hundred and fifty rupees a day. He has never been to school and cannot read or write. By every measure the world uses, he is a poor, unlettered fruit seller. One day, sometime in the 1990s, a foreign couple stopped at his cart and asked him, in English, the price of his oranges. He could not understand them and could not answer. They walked away. The moment did not anger him. It shamed him. Then it changed him. He decided that no child in his village should ever have to stand there the way he had, unable to understand a simple question, locked out by language and the lack of a school. His village, Newpadpu, did not have one. The nearest school was about seven kilometres away. So an illiterate orange seller earning a hundred and fifty rupees a day set out to build a school. He saved his coins, approached officials and donors, and donated his own land. In the year 2000, the school opened with twenty-eight children in a place that had never had one. Today that school teaches up to Class 10 and has around a hundred and seventy-five students. Children from his village now study in classrooms he helped build from the price of oranges. People began calling him Akshara Santha, the saint of letters. In 2020, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, one of the nation’s highest civilian honours. He walked up barefoot, wearing a plain white dhoti, to receive it. He said it was not his award. It belonged to the school. He still sells oranges and has said he wants to use whatever he earns and receives to build a college next. A man who could not answer one question in English made sure thousands of children after him would never be left speechless the same way. Follow for stories India deserves to remember.

His name is Pradeep Mehra. In March 2022, filmmaker Vinod Kapri was driving through Noida late at night when he noticed a teenager running hard along the roadside with a bag on his shoulder. Thinking the boy might be in trouble, he slowed down and offered him a lift. The boy refused. Kapri offered again. He refused again. The teenager was 19 years old. His name was Pradeep Mehra, and he came from a village in Almora district, Uttarakhand. He worked at a McDonald’s in Noida. His shift ended close to midnight. He could not train in the mornings because he had to be at work. So every night, after finishing his shift, he ran the roughly ten kilometres back home. He was preparing to join the Indian Army. When Kapri offered to buy him dinner, Pradeep refused that too. His elder brother worked a night shift and would return home hungry. If Pradeep stopped to eat, there would be nobody to cook for him. He needed to get back. During the conversation, he also mentioned that his mother was in hospital. It was one of the reasons the two brothers were working in Noida in the first place. Kapri recorded the exchange and shared it online with a simple caption. “This is pure gold.” The video was viewed millions of times. People across India were moved by a young man who would not accept a free ride because it would interrupt his training, and would not accept a free meal because his brother was waiting for him at home. Support began to arrive. A sports brand sent him running gear. Financial assistance came for his mother’s treatment. Local authorities also stepped in to help. Pradeep had not asked for any of it. He was simply running home after work, the same way he did every night, because no one was going to run that distance for him. Follow for stories India deserves to remember.

Allahabad HC orders ₹25,000/day compensation for illegal detention share.google/AopffreSvoB8s0j…

I visited Kuffir Yesterday. He is showing slight improvement compared to three days ago. During my previous visit, he did not recognise me and could not respond to anything I said. However, today he immediately recognised me and replied with “Jai Bhim. The treating doctor explained that his current infections are a result of Parkinson’s disease, which is a progressive condition that cannot be reversed. With regular medication, his condition can be managed and stabilised.

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The atrocities and crimes committed against Scheduled Castes are so horrific, barbaric, and dehumanizing that they defy imagination and shock the conscience of any civilized society. Tragically, this sense of outrage and urgency appears largely absent in large sections of the Indian police and judiciary.

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Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence was dubious, false, and insincere. His ideas caused great harm to Dalits. He effectively disenfranchised them, kept them enslaved by the caste system, and left them vulnerable and deprived.

Historically, it was Gautama Buddha who pioneered the principles of peace and non-violence in ancient India, centuries before Gandhi’s ancestors were born. Any honest academician or intellectual, when discussing these ideals, should first acknowledge Buddha’s foundational teachings. Yet, mainstream discourse continues to centre Gandhi while sidelining Buddha. This selective emphasis raises serious questions about the integrity and ideological leanings of such scholarship.

“In cases where a person is detained for more than 24 hours in violation of this order, without any plausible reason, an amount of ₹25,000 per day shall be payable to the detained person as compensation by the State Government,” the verdict said barandbench.com/news/litigat…

Research attacks on SC/ST communities, provide data: Telangana high court tells PIL petitioners | - The Times of India timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

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