Thursday, November 4, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Conviction rate poor under SC & ST Act: official document

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article867129.ece

Conviction rate poor under SC & ST Act: official document
B. Aravind Kumar

Over a thousand cases are being booked every year under SC & ST
Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989, but the conviction rate was poor
as the affected turned hostile at the time of trial or reached a
compromise with the accused after obtaining monetary relief.

An official document presented to the State-level vigilance and
monitoring committee presided by Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on
Wednesday has also revealed the areas prone to caste atrocities in the
State based on the number of pending cases at courts.

Over 1,000 cases were filed under the SC & ST Prevention of Atrocities
Act every year according to statistics available from 2005.

Verbal abuse

Of this 90 per cent were booked on charges of verbal abuse on caste
lines. As the trial process involved 13 stages in courts and as it
takes one month to cross each stage, there were chances of witnesses
forgetting the events, officials reasoned.

One of the major reasons for the poor rate of conviction was that the
affected often turned hostile. The affected make a compromise with the
accused as charges for verbal abuse were not harsh. Further, the
affected turned hostile as 80 per cent of the affected receive
monetary relief immediately after charge sheets are filed leading to
the release of the accused.

The Government, to its credit, has sanctioned about Rs.1.5 crore as
monetary relief to the affected annually from 2006.

The document prepared by the Social Justice and Human Rights Wing of
Adi Dravidar Welfare Department has that 2,822 cases were pending at
courts and special courts and district-wise data of pending cases has
clearly mapped the "hotspots."

Madurai rural tops the list

Madurai rural tops the list with 353 cases pending before the courts
followed by Sivaganga (310), Tirunelveli (220), Villupuram (220),
Virudhunagar (205), Dindigul (158), Thanjavur (136) and Ramanathapuram
(131). The Nilgiris is the only district with a single digit (7)
number.

Among the cities, Madurai tops with 35 pending cases followed by
Chennai (18), Salem (13), Coimbatore (10) and Tiruchi (2).

Surveys done in 2010 have identified 174 villages as atrocity-prone
and 295 villages as peaceful.

At the time of the survey, infrastructural needs like roads, street
lights, drinking water and access to availability of burial grounds
were assessed.

Providing basic amenities to SC and ST Communities has been chosen as
the key to reduce caste conflicts in the Government's action plan.


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[ZESTCaste] Lifer for 20 over the killing of three Dalits

 

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lifer-for-20-over-the-killing-of-three-dalits/707037/

Lifer for 20 over the killing of three Dalits

Agencies Posted online: Thu Nov 04 2010, 15:23 hrs
Mysore : A local court here today sentenced to life imprisonment all
the 20 accused in connection with the murder of three Dalits following
a caste clash in 1993 in the district.
The accused, all upper caste Hindus, were found guilty of murdering
the Dalits of Badanwal village during the clash that broke out over
objection to the entry of Dalits into a local

temple.

Sixth Additional Sessions Special Judge L F Malavalli, who had
recently convicted the 20 pronounced the sentence today.

The accused were charged with the murder of Narayanaswamy, Madukar and
Nataraj following a clash among the Dalits and upper caste Hindus on
March 25, 1993.

Police had filed a chargesheet against 23 persons, but three of them
died during the prolonged trial.

According to the chargesheet, the accused assembled in a field in the
village and attacked the Dalits using weapons.

Three Dalits had died following serious injuries.

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[ZESTCaste] Mayawati denies increase in crime against dalits

 

http://expressbuzz.com/nation/mayawati-denies-increase-in-crime-against-dalits/220662.html

Mayawati denies increase in crime against dalits

PTI

First Published : 04 Nov 2010 12:49:15 PM ISTLast Updated : 04 Nov
2010 12:59:57 PM IST

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government has refuted the charges of
Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes regarding
diversion of special component plan fund and increase in cases of
crime against dalits.

"The statement given by chairman of SC/ST commission is false and
baseless as not a single penny of special component plan has been
diverted by the state government," an official spokesman said here.

P L Punia had yesterday alleged that the Mayawati-led state government
diverted the plan fund to construct medical colleges and crime against
dalits was on the rise in UP.

Medical colleges in Jalaun and Kannauj were constructed as per the
guidelines of the Centre, the spokesman said.

"In these colleges 70 per cent seats have been reserved for SC/ST
candidates. Only 70 per cent of the plan fund was utilised in these
colleges," he said.

He said the special component plan fund was being utilised only for
specific schemes for the welfare of SC/ST.

"As far as crime against dalits is concerned the government is
sensitive on the issue and there has been 25 per cent decline in such
incidents," the spokesman said.

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[ZESTCaste] Gangotri Temple to train Dalit boys

 

http://www.centralchronicle.com/viewnews.asp?articleID=51084

Gangotri Temple to train Dalit boys

Category » Nation Posted On Wednesday, November 03, 2010
United News of India
Gangotri,Uttarakhand, Nov 3:
Opening up the exclusive preserves of brahmins, the Gangotri temple
priests have agreed to bring in young and talented dalits into the
temple precints for training.
Gangotri Mandir chief priest and management president Pt. Sanjiv
Semwal with his team of office bearers are agreed that the Mandir must
train young and talented Dalits( scheduled caste) boys in Dharma
Shiksha and Karam Kand,so far confined to Brahmins, said Rajya Sabha
M.P Tarun Vijay.
Terming the move as historic, Mr. Tarun Vijay, who took the
initiative, said meetings on the issue were held inside the temple
precints of Gangotri over the weekend. He said the Pandas and
President of the Mandir committe were told that the move would go a
long way in forging unity among various caste ridden sections of the
Hindu society, often embroiled in violent protests in Haryana and UP
over intercaste mariages.
He said the methodology of the programme to train Dalit boys will be
soon finalised and the reforms to have the best management and
cleanliness in the highest pilgrim centres would be worked out in
consultation with local priests and young members of the movement from
Uttarkashi region.

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[ZESTCaste] Fwd: Revised dates of National Conference on Movements for Equity in Reservations [1 Attachment]

 
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: srinivas gurram <srinivasgurram@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 11:19 PM
Subject: Revised dates of National Conference on Movements for Equity in Reservations
To: dalit-information-n-education-trust@googlegroups.com


Dear all,

Please note the revised dates of the National Conference on 'Movements for Equity in Reservations' as follows:

Conference Dates    :          21-22 February, 2011
Last date Abstract   :          November 15, 2010
Last date for Full Paper  :    December 15, 2010


Send paper abstracts and enquiries to srinivasgurram@yahoo.com.  


With regards,


Srinivas Panthukala






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