Rajasthan HC Directs Registry To Not Entertain Appeals Under SC/ST Act Unless Victim Is Impleaded As A Party [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court has directed its Registry to ensure that appeals preferred under the Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act are instituted only after the complainant/ victim in the case is impleaded as a Respondent-party. The order has been passed by Justice Sandeep Mehta in view of Sections 15(3) and 15(5) of the SC/ST Act that confer on the...