Tag: Prevention Of Atrocities Act

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday referred the Centre’s plea seeking recall of its 2018 judgment, which virtually diluted stringent provisions of immediate arrest and no anticipatory bail for the accused on a complaint filed under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, to a larger Bench. A Division Bench, headed by Justice Arun Mishra, […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside its judgement which introduced measures like prior inquiry before the arrest of an accused under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said, “SC/ST have been outcasts for centuries, and untouchability has not vanished yet. […]