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SC/ST Act misused: Govt
Tue, Apr 27 09:30 AM
New Delhi, April 27 -- The Centre on Monday told the Lok Sabha there
have been cases of misuse of a key law meant to prevent atrocities
against Dalits and tribals. In response to a question, Minister of
State for Social Justice and Empowerment D Napoleon said that there
were 6,564 false cases in 2008 across India under the Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, called the
PoA Act.
This Act provides for a sentence of up to five years for atrocity
committed or humiliation heaped on a Dalit, and provides for the
setting up of special courts for trial of cases. "Under the caption,
'cases declared false on account of mistake of fact or law', 6,564
cases pertaining to atrocities against Scheduled Castes, during 2008,
have been mentioned," Napoleon said.
He, however, said there was no proposal to seek amendments in the law.
Of these, 2287 false cases came from one state: Rajasthan.
Andhra Pradesh followed at 1,577 false cases. Uttar Pradesh, the state
with the largest Dalit population (21 per cent of the state's 160-70
million), was third with 843 false cases.
Punjab - the state with the highest proportion of SCs at 29 per cent
of the population - has had just 52 false cases registered in 2009.
Delhi is the last in the list with three cases in 2008.
However, Dalit groups have complained that atrocities on Dalits were
going unchecked.
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