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Why Death Penalty Only To Persons Who Aren't SC/ST? Supreme Court Questions Basis For Classification In SC/ST Act Provision

Awstika Das

14 Feb 2024 8:10 PM IST

    • Why Death Penalty Only To Persons Who Arent SC/ST? Supreme Court Questions Basis For Classification In SC/ST Act Provision

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 13) asked the Attorney General for India the basis for a provision in the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, which prescribes mandatory death penalty to a person who does not belong to SC/ST community for the offence of fabricating evidence in case resulting in the execution of an innocent SC/ST member.Pointing...

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    Supreme CourtSupreme Court of IndiaScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989SC ST ActJustice Surya KantJustice K V Viswanathan
    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi, and the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, is a Delhi-based lawyer and a multimedia journalist. She works as a special correspondent covering the Indian Supreme Court. She also hosts a weekly legal news round-up segment on YouTube.

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