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Human Rights, Violation and Redressal Mechanism of SC & ST
Human Rights, Violation and Redressal Mechanism of SC & ST
4. CONCLUSION 12
5. STATISTICAL DATA 13
6. REFRENCES 14
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INTRODUCTION
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down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs
and STs.
INFORMATION
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Gupta that the role of castes in Indian elections have been
overplayed.
History
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Furthermore, independent India's quest for inclusivity was
incident through the appointment of B. R. AMBEDKAR as the
chair of the drafting committee for the Constitution.
Ambedkar was a scheduled caste constitutional lawyer, a
member of the low cast.
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Government initiative to improve the situation of
SCs and STs
Parliament of India
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social discrimination and atrocities against the backward
castes continued to persist.
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mere eleven percent among other households.
Additionally, the backward castes were poorer than other
groups in Indian society, and they suffered from higher
morbidity and mortality rates.
NATIONAL COMMISSIONS
To effectively implement the safeguards built into the
Constitution and other legislation, the Constitution under
Articles 338 and 338A provides for two statutory
commissions: the National Commission for Scheduled
Castes, and the National Commission for Scheduled
Tribes. The chairpersons of both commissions sit ex officio on
the National Human Rights Commission. Scheduled Castes in
India.
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CASE STUDY
The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act, 1989 is an Act of the Parliament of
India enacted to prevent atrocities against scheduled castes
and scheduled tribes. The Act is popularly known as the
SC/ST Act, POA, the Prevention of Atrocities Act, or simply the
Atrocities Act
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not require approval for the arrest, if necessary, of any person
against whom an accusation of having committed an offence
under this Act has been made and no procedure, other than
that provided under this Act or the Code, shall apply". The
amendments rule out any provision for anticipatory bail for a
person accused of atrocities against SC/STs, notwithstanding
any court order.
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CONCLUSION
Castes and Scheduled Tribes continued to face the same
social stigma, poverty and humiliation which they had been
subjected to for centuries.
Several died in ensuing protests and property worth crores of
rupees was destroyed. The government reacted by filing a
review petition in the Supreme Court and subsequently
amended the 1989 Act back into its original form.
Several petitions were filed challenging the 2018 Amendment
Act. The lead petitioner, advocate Prithvi Raj Chauhan, had
even called the amendments a “blunder” and a violation of
the fundamental right to equality and personal liberty. The
Supreme Court, however, had refused to stay the
implementation of the amendments.
The government had responded that there was no decrease
in the atrocities committed on members of SC/ST
communities despite the laws meant to protect their civil
rights.
“The SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989 is the least
which the country owes to this section of the society who
have been denied several civil rights since generations and
have been subjected to indignities, humiliations and
harassment,” the government had argued.
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Statistical Data Representation of SC /ST crime records in
respective states.
》 STATE RECORDS OF INDIA
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REFRENCES
1. THE STATEMENT OF THE OBJECT AND REASONS FOR
SC/ST(POA)ACT 1989
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6. ^ NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCS, FIRST REPORT
2004- 05,NEW DELHI, 2006, P.223.
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