Judicial decision making is an idealised form of public reasoning that must elevate & educate public discourse. The SC/ST Act order failed meet these standards.
In March, the Supreme Court ruled there shall be no immediate arrest without prior permissions for crimes registered under the the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Govt sought a review of the ruling that issued ‘guidelines’ to prevent misuse of the law; apex court says protesters are being misled by some vested interests.
The damage done to social justice is double-fold, because the court has misused Ambedkar’s name and legacy to virtually weaken and disempower a legislation that is aimed at protecting the marginalised communities.
Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
SC ST AND Dowry and Women Atrocity Acts should have been suo moto challenged by the court for bad formulation by the legislature. Minor offences in the Acts cannot be made non-cognizable, as have been done in the Acts. SC is right in righting the bad law made by the politicians. It should strike off any proposed ordinancesand amendments likely to be brougt up by the governemnt, just to get votes.
Social apartheid is caused by the special status and reservations given on caste basis. Why have an ‘SC/ST atrocities’law? Why not just a law that says that any atrocities committed in the name of caste /discrimination would be punishable. What is happening is that any legitimate, bona fide action taken against a person who happens to be from SC/ST is projected as an ‘atrocity’ under this act.
Why define ‘dalit’ (meaning oppressed/downtrodden) as people belonging to a particular set of caste/s? ‘Dalit’ is a social condition and NOT a caste. A brahmin can be a dalit. Every person from SC/ST need not be ‘dalit’. There are numerous govt officers, corporate executives, businessmen from SC/ST. Hardly can claim to be ‘dalit’.
The definition of ‘dalit’ needs to be dissociated from caste and based on financial condition.
Otherwise all you are doing is reinforcing caste identity rather than diluting it.
SC ST AND Dowry and Women Atrocity Acts should have been suo moto challenged by the court for bad formulation by the legislature. Minor offences in the Acts cannot be made non-cognizable, as have been done in the Acts. SC is right in righting the bad law made by the politicians. It should strike off any proposed ordinancesand amendments likely to be brougt up by the governemnt, just to get votes.
Social apartheid is caused by the special status and reservations given on caste basis. Why have an ‘SC/ST atrocities’law? Why not just a law that says that any atrocities committed in the name of caste /discrimination would be punishable. What is happening is that any legitimate, bona fide action taken against a person who happens to be from SC/ST is projected as an ‘atrocity’ under this act.
Why define ‘dalit’ (meaning oppressed/downtrodden) as people belonging to a particular set of caste/s? ‘Dalit’ is a social condition and NOT a caste. A brahmin can be a dalit. Every person from SC/ST need not be ‘dalit’. There are numerous govt officers, corporate executives, businessmen from SC/ST. Hardly can claim to be ‘dalit’.
The definition of ‘dalit’ needs to be dissociated from caste and based on financial condition.
Otherwise all you are doing is reinforcing caste identity rather than diluting it.