Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe( Prevention of Atrocities ) Act,1989, Review Petition

Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe( Prevention of Atrocities) Act,1989, Review Petition

The Supreme court had recently banned automatic arrests and registration of criminal cases under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Supreme court order automatic arrest in the Minority Haressment cases will adulterare SC-ST Act.In its review petition to be filed in the apex court on Monday, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is likely to say that the SC order will weaken the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, official sources in the government said.

The ministry could also plead that the latest order would reduce the fear of law and may result in more violations, the sources said.The top court had recently banned automatic arrests and registration of criminal cases under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.The law protects the marginalised communities against discrimination and atrocities.

Ravi Shankar Prasad

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Review petition by the Government against the SC judgement on SC/ST Protection Act shall be filed positively on tomorrow, Monday, April 2

20:52 - 1 Apr 2018

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A delegation of NDA's SC and ST MPs, led by LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan and Union Social Justice Minister Thawarchand Gehlot, had last week met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the apex court's judgement diluting provisions of the SC-ST atrocities act.
Gehlot recently wrote to Prasad about a review plea against the Supreme Court verdict.
He noted that there were concerns that the order would make the law "ineffective" and adversely impact dispensation of justice to Dalits and tribals.

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) have also conveyed their views and demanded a review of the verdict, saying the original Act, as it existed before the SC verdict, should be restored.