CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has refused to set aside the FIR registered against cricketer Yuvraj Singh under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for making casteist remarks on social media.
The high court held that the petitioner (Yuvraj Singh) having used the word (‘bhangi’) to state that his friend did not do something good by making his father dance in a ceremony, seemingly at least, at this stage, the word was not used in any good sense but, as said, in a pejorative manner. The dictionary meaning of the “pejorative” is a word expressing contempt or disapproval.
