Misusing the law; amendment in SC/ST act
The Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 , states that a person falling under this act can accuse anyone of being atrocious and that person would be arrested immediately without any preliminary enquiry! Now this act is itself very atrocious! I believe this gives the SC/ST people mammoth power to exude monarchy in the sense that he/she can get anyone arrested (non-bailable) and the innocent hence, would be punished without even a fair trail. I can't comprehend how acts like this make our constitution remotely a republic! But with the latest amendment of the apex body of judiciary of India the power of this act has been minutely dissolved to the state that, now there has to be a fair enquiry by police in charge and only after that things would proceed. Now this is very legit and makes sense, no innocent should be punished and everyone should have fair rights to defend himself/herself. But the fanatic hooliganism has spr...