'Bias' in SC/ST act's clause? Court asks
India, Feb. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned "legislative bias" in drafting a provision in the Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, or SC/ST Act, which prescribes a mandatory death sentence only to a person belonging to a non-SC/ST community for implicating an SC/ST member in a false case that leads to their execution. "This provision begins with a clause - 'Whoever, not being a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe'. So, the death sentence is only for those who are not the members of SC/ST community. But suppose, false evidence is given by a SC/ST member which cause the execution of a member of a SC/ST community? Then? No death penalty? What is the reasonable classification here? Why this legislative bias?" the bench asked.HTC...
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