http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/ST/SC-Act-State-secured-only-26-convictions/articleshow/7135808.cms
ST/SC Act: State secured only 26 convictions
Hetal Vyas, TNN, Dec 21, 2010, 12.28am IST
MUMBAI: Maharashtra government managed to secure only 26 convictions
under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act and 386 cases resulted in acquittals between January
2010 and October 2010, states an affidavit filed in the Bombay high
court.
The affidavit, filed by principle secretary of the social justice
department Satish Gavai, also states that in Mumbai alone, 35 cases
are pending investigation and 69 are pending trial under the ST/SC
Act. In Maharashtra, a total of 574 cases are pending investigation
and 5,221 are yet to be tried. According to the affidavit, Konkan
region has the maximum number of cases that are either pending
investigation (105) or awaiting trail (1,001) in the state under the
Act.
The court was hearing a PIL filed by NGO National Dalit Movement for
Justice, alleging the Act was not being implemented in Maharashtra.
The government, in an attempt to enhance the capacity of
persons/officers to implement the provisions of the Act, has decided
to part training to district magistrates, SPs, government pleaders and
social activists through the Pune-based Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Research
and Training Institute, Pune, states the affidavit.
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