Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 313 · Decided 19 April 2011
Arumugam Servai v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 313 · [2011] 5 S.C.R. 488
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 958/2011
- Decided
- 19 April 2011
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 - s.3(1)(x) - Complainants-PWs 1 and C 2 belonged to "Pallan,. caste, a Scheduled Caste in Tamil Nadu - Altercation between them and accused-appellant - Appellant insulted PW1 by calling him a "Pal/apayal" PW1 and PW2 - Conviction of appellants by courts below- Justification o of - Held: Justified - The word 'pal/an' no doubt denotes a specific caste, but it is also a word used in a derogatory sense to insult someone - Even calling a person a 'pal/an', if used with intent to insult a member of the
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