Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

  • This legislation aims at preventing the commission of offences by persons other than Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
  • Any person who is not a member of a scheduled caste or a scheduled tribe and commits an offence listed in the Act against a member of a scheduled caste or a scheduled tribe is an offender.
  • All offences listed in the Act are cognizable.
  • The police can arrest the offender without a warrant and start an investigation into the case without taking any orders from the ....
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