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Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment19-December, 2011 15:18 IST
Laws for Developments of Dalits
The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955(PCR Act), prescribes
punishment for practice of untouchability. The Scheduled Castes and
the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989,(PoA Act),
is an Act , inter-alia, to prevent the commission of offences against
members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, to provide for
special courts for trial of such offences and relief and
rehabilitation of victims of such offences. Nevertheless, this
Ministry does not administer any statute in regard to development of
Scheduled Castes.
As per the data of National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of
Home Affairs, number of Scheduled Castes related cases registered by
police, under the PCR and PoA Acts, percentage of cases ending in
conviction, acquittal and pendency thereof, during 2008-2010, is
indicated in the table below:-
Year
Number of cases registered under:
% of cases disposed of by courts, ending in:-
% of cases pending in courts under:
Conviction under:
Acquittal under:
PCR Act
PoA Act
PCR Act
PoA Act
PCR Act
PoA Act
PCR Act
PoA Act
2008
248
33367
12.8
32.0
87.2
68.0
79.3
76.8
2009
168
33426
16.7
29.7
83.3
70.3
80.4
81.6
2010
143
32569
21.7
35.2
78.3
64.8
78.7
81.9
It is seen from the above table that whereas the number of such cases
registered during 2010 under the two Acts declined vis-à-vis cases
registered during 2009, the percentage of disposal of cases, ending in
conviction, increased during the corresponding period.
The two Acts are implemented by State Government/Union
Territory Administrations, which are provided Central assistance
mainly for strengthening of enforcement and judicial machinery,
publicity and awareness generation, relief amount to the victims of
atrocities etc. This Ministry has been addressing them to implement
provisions of the two Acts in letter and spirit, with specific
emphasis on setting up of exclusive special courts for speedy trial of
cases, sensitization of investigating officers, mass awareness
programmes, review of cases ending in acquittal. Ministry of Home
Affairs has also been advising them, inter-alia, regarding steps that
need to be taken to afford a greater measure of protection to SCs and
STs.
A Committee under the Chairpersonship of Union Minster for Social
Justice & Empowerment which was constituted in the year 2006, also
reviews implementation of the two Acts in State/UTs. The Committee has
so far held seventeen meetings wherein implementation of the two Acts
in 24 States and 4 Union Territories has been reviewed.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice
and Empowerment, Shri D. Napoleon in a written reply to a question in
Lok Sabha today.
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