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Uttar Pradesh Bans Caste-Based Rallies, Scrubs Caste From Police Records and Public Displays

Following an Allahabad High Court ruling against caste glorification, the order implements it by changing police records and mandating enforcement in public and online spaces.

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The Yogi Adityanath government has clarified that exemptions will apply in cases filed under the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, where identifying caste remains a necessary legal requirement.
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Overview

  • Officiating chief secretary Deepak Kumar issued a 10-point directive ordering the removal of caste fields from FIRs, arrest and recovery memos, station notice boards, and other police documents.
  • Police formats will record the mother’s name alongside the father’s, the CCTNS caste field will be deleted in coordination with the NCRB, and data entry staff must leave any such fields blank until systems are updated.
  • Vehicles displaying caste names or slogans will be challaned under the Motor Vehicles Act, and authorities must remove signboards that glorify caste or claim areas as caste territories.
  • Caste-based political rallies are now completely prohibited on public-order grounds, a step beyond the High Court’s directions, which criticized such rallies but did not mandate a ban.
  • Monitoring of social media under the IT Rules has been directed to curb caste-glorifying or hate content, with a narrow exception for recording caste where legally required, such as cases under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act; opposition parties, including the Samajwadi Party, have criticized the move.