Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tribes Prevention Of Atrocities Amendment Act

Union minister Uma Bharti said on Thursday that caste-based reservations cannot be abolished, answering a question about the agitation by some upper caste organisations in Madhya Pradesh against Parliament's amendment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

BJP leader Babu Singh Raghuvanshi said on Sunday that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was amended to "protect the country and Hindu society".

Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath today said the state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was not above the law, after the latter recently claimed that the misuse of the amended SC/ST Act won't be allowed in the state.

Facing protests by the upper-caste community, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said nobody in the state would be arrested under the SC/ST Act without a thorough investigation being conducted first.

BSP president Mayawati on Tuesday welcomed the passage of The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2018, even while saying that this happened "under pressure" ahead of the elections.

An Act which provides for stringent action against those committing atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) communities or indulging in actions which are derogatory to their dignity, including social or economic boycott, will come into effect from tomorrow.

A law enabling setting up of commercial benches in select High Courts and another on arbitration for speedy settlement of high value business disputes are among five legislations which have got nod from President Pranab Mukherjee.

Amid a boycott by most opposition parties, Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill which provides for stringent action against those compelling any member of Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe communities to carry human or animal carcasses or do manual scavenging.

Union minister Uma Bharti said on Thursday that caste-based reservations cannot be abolished, answering a question about the agitation by some upper caste organisations in Madhya Pradesh against Parliament's amendment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

BJP leader Babu Singh Raghuvanshi said on Sunday that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was amended to "protect the country and Hindu society".

Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath today said the state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was not above the law, after the latter recently claimed that the misuse of the amended SC/ST Act won't be allowed in the state.

Facing protests by the upper-caste community, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said nobody in the state would be arrested under the SC/ST Act without a thorough investigation being conducted first.

BSP president Mayawati on Tuesday welcomed the passage of The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2018, even while saying that this happened "under pressure" ahead of the elections.

An Act which provides for stringent action against those committing atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) communities or indulging in actions which are derogatory to their dignity, including social or economic boycott, will come into effect from tomorrow.

A law enabling setting up of commercial benches in select High Courts and another on arbitration for speedy settlement of high value business disputes are among five legislations which have got nod from President Pranab Mukherjee.

Amid a boycott by most opposition parties, Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill which provides for stringent action against those compelling any member of Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe communities to carry human or animal carcasses or do manual scavenging.