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SC cannot make law, says Centre: Read A-G KK Venugopal's submission against court's judgment diluting SC/ST Act
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Centre told the Supreme Court that its recent judgement on the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has "diluted" the provisions of the law.
Supreme Court's SC/ST Act judgment: Legislative history of India's attempts (and failures) to protect the downtrodden
Fp Staff • 8 years agoRepeated legislation has been unable to solve the problems faced by the SC/ST community. As such, the dilution of the protections afforded to them is problematic.
Supreme Court dilutes SC/ST Act: Centre to tell apex court that order will reduce fear of law, could result in more violations
• 8 years agoSC order banning automatic arrest for harassment of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) will dilute the law which aims to protect the marginalised, the government is likely to tell the top court.
Dalit girls denied temple entry in Gujarat BJP MP's village; FIR lodged
• 8 years agoA group of Dalit girls were allegedly denied entry into a temple at Mehlol village in Panchmahals district by the priest and his two sons, police said on Monday.
National Commission for Scheduled Castes unhappy with Kerala govt over rise in violence against Dalits
• 8 years agoNational Commission for Scheduled Castes Saturday said atrocities against Dalits were increasing in Kerala, and the state government has failed to ensure them adequate safety
Why is Sheikh Hasina's 'secular' govt so woefully inept at curbing atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh
Shantanu Mukharji • 9 years agoThe Sheikh Hasina government is still hapless when it comes to containing the incessant excesses being committed against the Hindu minority in Bangladesh.
Hyderabad University: 400 academicians and activists condemn police action, call for Appa Rao's removal
Fp Staff • 10 years agoOver 300 academicians, activists, artists and writers published a statement condemning the state violence and unlawful detention at University of Hyderabad.
Maharashtra: Three members of a Dalit family killed; dumped in dry well
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThree members of a Dalit family in Jawkhede Khalsa village here were cruelly killed, one of them decapitated before being thrown into a dry well.
UK considering paying Kenyans for atrocities during its rule
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe government's lawyers are now in talks with petitioners who have been seeking compensation through British courts for atrocities they suffered in the 1950s.