Crime & Law · India
Supreme Court Upholds SC/ST Act Safeguards, Dismisses Challenge
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea that challenged the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, specifically its 2018 amendment. The court stated that safeguards already exist within the Act to prevent its misuse. The amendment had restored stringent provisions to the Act.
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