Persistent Persecution on Caste and Religious Identity:

The Case of Atrocities Against Christian Dalits

Dr S Swaroop Sirapangi,
Assistant Professor in Political Science,
School of Liberal Arts,
Mohan Babu University.
Email: ssanthiswaroop@gmail.com

Abstract:
Dalits carry a historic sociological agency of ‘contempt and discrimination’ against their ‘self’ in
the broader caste society. Such look down prejudiced chauvinism against their self and social
identity gets manifested even at the cost of violating legal and constitutional measures. The
present paper focuses on one such prominent sociological, legal and constitutional spirit
violation discourse. Though Dalits appear to have protective measures granted by the State, in
reality, such measures are selectively extended and curtailed. In this respect, selective extension
of legal provisions to Hindu Dalits and Christian Dalits is a noted phenomenon. As a result, the
present paper highlights how Christian Dalits are not covered under the Prevention of Atrocities
Act and why they should be covered under the same legal and constitutional
provisions. Methodologically, the paper engages in secondary data synthesis on the lines of
normative, legal and constitutional modes of critical argumentations.

Keywords: Dalits, Christian Dalits, Atrocities, Law, Constitution.

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 Programme Schedule of
National Seminar on
"RIGHTS AND REALITIES:
A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF LAW AND SOCIETY IN INDIA,"
organised by School of Law, NMIMS Hyderabad from 11th-12th March 2024
via virtual mode on zoom
DAY –1, Monday, MARCH 11, 2024
Sr. Timing Event Link
No.
1. 10.00-11.00 am Inaugural Ceremony zoom link
Chief Guest: Prof. Dr. B. Sudhakar Reddy,
Honorary Director, ICSSR-SRC, Hyderabad

2. 11.35-12.35 pm Theme: Law and Marginal Communities zoom link

Session Chair-Dr.Raeesa Begum,
Assistant Professor, School of Law, NMIMS, Hyderabad

i. Dr Poornima Eknath Sur

ii. Sushmita Kindo
iii. Dr S. SwaroopSirapangi
iv. Swarnali Das
v. Chayanika Basu
vi. Dr.AradhyaSingh,Suvasita Jain
vii. RohiniPandurangi

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3. 12:40 – 1:40 pm Theme: Law and Industry zoom link

Session Chair- Prof. NishitTandra,
Assistant Professor, School of Law, NMIMS, Hyderabad

i. Lehar Choudhary
ii. MuktaNahata&Sukhpreet Kaur Sodhi
iii. Krishna Raj Kumar& Sanjana
iv. Vaibhavi Pandey
v. PrishaBatra&Vaibhav Tripathi

Theme: Law and Marginal Communities

12:40 – 1:40 pm Session Chair- Prof. Yogendra,
Assistant Professor, School of Law, NMIMS, Hyderabad zoom link

i. Madhavi Sharma
ii. KumariDipurnimaksha Chandra
iii. Radhika Kacholia, Kimaya Joshi&ShivnidhiAnirudh
iv. SreddhaGopakumar Krishna& Arya Rajan J R
v. Neha Singh&Dr.Avinash Krishna Goswami
vi. Rishav
vii. Abhay Katre& Khushi Goyal

4 1:30 – 2:30 pm Theme: Law and Sociology zoom link

Session Chair- Prof. Srinivas Vanamala,
Visiting Faculty, School of Law, NMIMS, Hyderabad

i. Gurinder Singh

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iii. Vikrant
iv. Mritunjay Kumar
v. Aditya Raj
vi. Jhanvi Jayaraj

5 2.35 – 3.35 pm Theme: Law and Sociology zoom link

Session Chair- Dr. Suresh Anuganti,
Assistant Professor, School of Education, Central University of
Karnataka, Kalaburgi

i. Mohit Kumar& Prachi Sharma

ii. Abhijit B
iii. Dr Sunaina
iv. Abhay Kumar, Dr. Ganesh Prasad Pandey&Raushan
v. Hans Honey Khari&Dr. Abhinav Bhardwaj

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6 3.40 – 4.40 pm Theme: Law and Social Issues zoom link
Session Chair- Prof. TarunYadav,
Assistant Professor, School of Law, NMIMS, Hyderabad

i. Mihuka Singh Chouhan

ii. Abhishek Chatterjee& Shreya Chatterjee
iii. KaustubBoidi&Thrisha S Kumar
iv. PreetJuneja& Arnav Bhadouriya
v. S.RachanaSharanyha, VarshiniRachamalla&Dhruv Sachdev
vi. VaishnaviBalusu&Sylvia Mathews
vii. RumeetSaluja&Anubhuti Verma

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7. 4.45 – 5.45 pm Theme: Law and Social Institutions zoom link
Session Chair- Dr. Sai Sailaja,
Assistant Professor, School of Law, NMIMS, Hyderabad

i. Daksha Sharma
ii. Aseem Khan Sherwani&PoorvaMathur
iii. Shweta Singh&Dr. Guru Trisha Singh
iv. A.Rishika&Sanjana.S.Trivedi
v. SakshiMuttur, AnshSugandhi&VedangeeBorikar
vi. Aditi Pandey& Gargi Nagpal

4.45 – 5.45 pm Theme: Law and Social Issues zoom link

Session Chair- Dr.SatheeshPerumalla,
Assistant Professor, Sri Venkateshwara College, University of Delhi

i. Sami Mohammed Farhat

ii. J. Shri Vathsan&Shruti Gupta
iii. Pratyush Kumar
iv. GairikSanyal, Chandramouli Roy Chowdhury& Siddharth Singh
v. Sanjampreet Singh&Mahkasha Azad Ali
vi. M. Pavan Kumar, S. Akhila&G.SamaraSimha Reddy

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 DAY - 2, Tuesday, MARCH 12, 2024
Sr. Timing Event Link
No.
1. 10.35-11.35 am Theme: Law and Marginal Communities zoom link
Session Chair- Prof. NishitTandra,
Assistant Professor, School of Law, NMIMS, Hyderabad

i. Shweta Singh
ii. Pooja Kumari
iii. Raveena R Savadi
iv. Prasanna K
v. Tulika
vi. SonaKaushiki
vii. MohdHammaadSiddiqui&KusuruArachana
viii. Gaurav Kharwar

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 10.35-11.35 am Theme: Law and Social Issues zoom link
Session Chair-Dr.SilveruHarinath,
Research Associate, Centre for Economic and Social Studies,
Hyderabad

i. M. JhanseLalitha
ii. Sishi S&Roshini T
iii. Punnagai K, Tameena. H&Gowtham. P
iv. Ishtisham&Kritika
v. Vasantharao Satya Venkatarao
vi. Shaik FathimaSitara&ChallaMadhuri,
vii. Abhilasha Sharma& Aditi Rathore

2. 11.40- 12.40 pm Theme: Law and Sociology zoom link

Session Chair- Dr.Prakash Chandra Jha,
Assistant Professor, School of Law, NMIMS, Hyderabad

i. N Vaidheeswari& M. Ramalingam
ii. SanskritiSaxena, Kaushiki Raj&Shreya Raj
iii. Aastha Thakur
iv. Suman Kumari
v. Prerna Shikha

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3. 12:45 – 1:45 pm Theme: Law and Industry zoom link
Session Chair- Prof. Yogendra,
Assistant Professor, School of Law, NMIMS, Hyderabad

i. Karnati Sravani
ii. Bidyalaxmi Devi Elangbam
iii. StutiLal& Priyanka Kushwah
iv. Purnima Shukla&Dr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey

Theme: Law and Social Issues zoom link

Session Chair- Dr Y. Suresh Babu,
Assistant Professor, Presidency University, Kolkata

i. Azim Hussain Mazumder

ii. Kirti Sharma
iii. Priyansha Badoni&Prof.(Dr.) Faizanur Rahman
12:45 – 1:45 pm
iv. Pratiksha Singh& Pooja Gahlot, R.Prerna
v. Dr.MythriRamulu

4 2:00 – 3.30 pm Valedictory Ceremony zoom link

Chief Guest: Prof. Dr.NagarajuGundimeda,
Head, Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences,
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

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5 3.40 – 4.40 pm Theme: Law and Industry zoom link
Session Chair- Dr.NaveenCherupelly,
Assistant Professor, VISH, VIT AP University, Amaravati, AP

i. Sania Joseph& Vijay Anantharaman

ii. Priya
iii. P S Madhumitha
iv. Deeptha K R
v. MuktaNahata&Sukhpreet Kaur Sodhi
vi. Sneha

Theme: Law and Sociology zoom link

Session Chair-Dr. Naveen Kolloju,
Associate Professor, School of Liberal Arts & Humanities,
Woxsen University, Telanagna

3.40 – 4.40 pm i. Madhushree

ii. Mrs. Heena Suthar
iii. Vijay Kanwar
iv. Mohammed Irshad&Divya. S

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6 4.45 – 5.45 pm Theme: Law and Social Institutions zoom link
Session Chair- Dr.Sai Sailaja,
Assistant Professor, School of Law, NMIMS, Hyderabad
i. Srestha Mitra
ii. Bhoomi Jain&ParthavKotkar
iii. Dr.Shashya Mishra
iv. Ishita Gupta&Mridu Jain
v. Dharanya V&EthayaPria

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