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SC uses extraordinary power to help Dalit student, asks IIT Dhanbad to grant him admission | Mint

The Supreme Court on Monday came to the rescue of a Dalit youth, who had lost his seat in IIT Dhanbad after missing the deadline to deposit a fee, by asking the institute to admit him to the BTech course. “We cannot allow such a young talented boy to go away. He cannot be left in lurch,” a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said.

Tamil Nadu: Dalit student who survived caste-based attack scores 78% in Class 12

A Dalit student who survived a caste-based attack in 2023 in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district has proven his academic excellence by scoring 78 per cent in the Class 12 Tamil Nadu Board exam. Chinnadurai, a 17-year-old belonging to the Scheduled Caste, nearly abandoned his intention to complete his Class 12 after becoming a victim of caste violence in August last year. Chinnadurai has scored 469 marks out of 600 in the class 12 exam. ALSO READ: CBSE result 2024: Check by when to apply for marks verification, re-evaluation At his house in Nanguneri, Tirunelveli, six students from his school attacked Chinnadurai, ... Read more