{
  "id": 5101505,
  "title": "Untouchability and the idea of ‘purity’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/untouchability-and-the-idea-of-purity",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T14:06:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/untouchability-and-the-idea-of-purity/article71415040.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "How does Indian law define ‘untouchability’? How has the Supreme Court interpreted ‘purity and pollution’? What did the Rajasthan High Court rule on purification? What facts would determine whether the Haldwani ritual amounted to untouchability?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}