Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of SC & ST Amendment Act, 2018
On 10th February 2019, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018.
Supreme Court’s Verdict
- The February 10, 2020 judgement upheld the constitutional validity of SC & ST Amendment Act 2018, thereby nullifying its own controversial March 20, 2018 judgment diluting the stringent provisions of the Dalit protection law.
- The March 20 judgment had diluted the original 1989 legislation, saying its provisions are being misused to file false criminal complaints against innocent persons. In this judgement the Supreme Court had directed that no arrests under the Act could be made ....
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