A delegation of the National Commission of Scheduled Castes (NCSC) today met President Ram Nath Kovind and recommended that the government file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict on the SC/ST Act, saying the order will increase the suffering of victims of atrocities and create problems in securing justice for dalits.
The delegation led by Chairman Ram Shankar Katheria also submitted a representation to Kovind in this regard.
The Commission said that the people belonging scheduled castes community face problems during the lodging of FIRs , subsequent investigations, and the first hand experience of the members of the panel reveals that there many hurdles for them in getting justice.
"The stark reality on the ground is that the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is very weakly implemented and that in most cases the victims of atrocities are pitted against a system traditionally aligned against them and with an ingrained caste based prejudice against the SCs and STs," the representation stated.
The representation mentioned that the judgement ignores the fact that the rate of crime against the SCs is increasing compared to the rise in population.
The number of cases of crime against SCs has risen from 38,564 in 2015 to 40,801 in
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