An assessment of the crimes against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in contemporary India from the lens of Ambedkar’s concept of social justice

Dileep Verma, Pushpender Yadav, Shashikant Nishant Sharma, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology , Department of Architecture and Planning, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

International Journal of Discrimination and the Law

Published online on July 24, 2026

Abstract

International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, Ahead of Print.
India’s constitutional framework is grounded in equality, dignity, and social justice, yet caste-based violence against Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) remains persistent across regions. This study examines patterns of crimes against SCs ...