Sc St Law Diluted

The Supreme Court Thursday said it would not "dilute" the provisions of the SC/ST Act, 1989 and made it clear that its Constitution bench had already held that anticipatory bail could be granted in such matter if the courts feel that no prima facie case is made out.

The Supreme Court has recalled a 2018 order that was seen to dilute provisions of a law protecting Dalits. This means the ban on automatic arrest in cases under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989, and the need for sanction before arrests linked to violation of the law stand withdrawn.

The government's request seeking a review of the controversial order, that allegedly diluted the stringent provisions of a law protecting Scheduled Casts and Tribes, was referred to a three-judge bench of the top court today.

A decision on the controversial order, that allegedly diluted the stringent provisions of a law protecting Scheduled Casts and Tribes, will be taken by the Supreme Court today.

The government's plan to amend the Dalit atrocity Act has pleased its pro-Dalit leaders. But they are not ready to give up the demand to punish Retired Justice AK Goel, who was part of the Supreme Court bench which delivered the judgment that was seen as diluting the stringent law.

In more alliance trouble for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, union minister Ram Vilas Paswan and his son Chirag Paswan have served an ultimatum over the appointment of a retired judge they say acted against Dalit interests. The Paswans have threatened that their Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will join anti-government protests by Dalit organisations on Au...

The opposition to the appointment of a former Supreme Court judge who was part of a bench that had "diluted" a law on atrocities against SCs/STs as National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairman, today echoed in Parliament with the Congress saying it indicated the BJP-led government's support to his judgement.

The dilution of the SC/ST Act may force many BJP allies to quit the NDA and join the opposition camp ahead of the Lok Sabha polls next year.

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today expressed hope that the Supreme Court "will not dilute" the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and said the Centre would take the ordinance route to ensure that there was no change in the legislation.

The BJP-ruled state governments of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh have withdrawn their orders to implement the recent Supreme Court verdict that had relaxed some provisions of a law that seeks to protect scheduled castes and scheduled tribes against atrocities.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that his government will not let the law to prevent atrocities on SCs and STs to be diluted after the Supreme Court laid down new guidelines to prevent its misuse.

The verdict of the Supreme Court on a law that seeks to prevent atrocities against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes has created "disharmony" in the country, the government has told the court.

No provision of the law that seeks to prevent atrocities on scheduled castes and scheduled tribes has been diluted, the Supreme Court said today while hearing a petition seeking a review of the March 20 order of the court

Slogan-shouting and booing by the opposition drowned out Home Minister Rajnath Singh's speech in Lok Sabha today, a day after 11 people died in the spiral of violence during an all-India strike called by Dalit groups who allege that a law that seeks to protect them against atrocities has been diluted.

The order which allegedly weakened a stringent law to protect Dalits against atrocities, is a "safeguard" necessary to protect the constitutional rights of innocents, the Supreme Court said today. "Our aim is to protect innocents, we have not diluted the law in any manner," said the court, turning down the government's appeal to freeze the earlier ...

The Supreme Court Thursday said it would not "dilute" the provisions of the SC/ST Act, 1989 and made it clear that its Constitution bench had already held that anticipatory bail could be granted in such matter if the courts feel that no prima facie case is made out.

The Supreme Court has recalled a 2018 order that was seen to dilute provisions of a law protecting Dalits. This means the ban on automatic arrest in cases under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989, and the need for sanction before arrests linked to violation of the law stand withdrawn.

The government's request seeking a review of the controversial order, that allegedly diluted the stringent provisions of a law protecting Scheduled Casts and Tribes, was referred to a three-judge bench of the top court today.

A decision on the controversial order, that allegedly diluted the stringent provisions of a law protecting Scheduled Casts and Tribes, will be taken by the Supreme Court today.

The government's plan to amend the Dalit atrocity Act has pleased its pro-Dalit leaders. But they are not ready to give up the demand to punish Retired Justice AK Goel, who was part of the Supreme Court bench which delivered the judgment that was seen as diluting the stringent law.

In more alliance trouble for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, union minister Ram Vilas Paswan and his son Chirag Paswan have served an ultimatum over the appointment of a retired judge they say acted against Dalit interests. The Paswans have threatened that their Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will join anti-government protests by Dalit organisations on Au...

The opposition to the appointment of a former Supreme Court judge who was part of a bench that had "diluted" a law on atrocities against SCs/STs as National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairman, today echoed in Parliament with the Congress saying it indicated the BJP-led government's support to his judgement.

The dilution of the SC/ST Act may force many BJP allies to quit the NDA and join the opposition camp ahead of the Lok Sabha polls next year.

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today expressed hope that the Supreme Court "will not dilute" the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and said the Centre would take the ordinance route to ensure that there was no change in the legislation.

The BJP-ruled state governments of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh have withdrawn their orders to implement the recent Supreme Court verdict that had relaxed some provisions of a law that seeks to protect scheduled castes and scheduled tribes against atrocities.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that his government will not let the law to prevent atrocities on SCs and STs to be diluted after the Supreme Court laid down new guidelines to prevent its misuse.

The verdict of the Supreme Court on a law that seeks to prevent atrocities against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes has created "disharmony" in the country, the government has told the court.

No provision of the law that seeks to prevent atrocities on scheduled castes and scheduled tribes has been diluted, the Supreme Court said today while hearing a petition seeking a review of the March 20 order of the court

Slogan-shouting and booing by the opposition drowned out Home Minister Rajnath Singh's speech in Lok Sabha today, a day after 11 people died in the spiral of violence during an all-India strike called by Dalit groups who allege that a law that seeks to protect them against atrocities has been diluted.

The order which allegedly weakened a stringent law to protect Dalits against atrocities, is a "safeguard" necessary to protect the constitutional rights of innocents, the Supreme Court said today. "Our aim is to protect innocents, we have not diluted the law in any manner," said the court, turning down the government's appeal to freeze the earlier ...