Bombay HC Directs I&B Ministry To Consider Telling Media Not To Use Word ‘Dalit’ In News Reports [Read Order]

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to consider telling media outlets to stop using the word ‘Dalit’ in news stories in light of a circular by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment which advises the Union and state governments not to use the word for someone belonging to the Scheduled Caste.A bench of Justice...