Photo: MintNew Delhi: A recent Supreme Court ruling preventing automatic arrests in cases of atrocities against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes has diluted the SC/ST Act and created great damage, the government said. The ruling was in the “teeth of the provisions of the law”, the government submitted in the Supreme Court. Venugopal, said the court was not filling in gaps but was amending the Act through judicial legislation and “defeating the salutary provisions” of the SC/ST Act. To avoid false implication, a preliminary enquiry may be conducted by the deputy superintendent of police to verify if the allegations make out a case under the SC/ST Act. It was also “contrary to the legislative policy of Parliament” as reflected in the SC/ST Act, it said.

Source: Mint April 12, 2018 08:50 UTC