Supreme Court refuses to stay parliament's amendments to SC/ST Act
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay amendments, which were passed by the parliament last year, to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act which diluted the provision of an anticipatory bail for a person who committed atrocities against the community, media reports said.
The amendment, which was passed in August last year, overturned a Supreme Court's order which had ruled public servants cannot be detained after a complaint filed against them.
The top court said it will hear the Centre's petition against its March 20, 2018 order and pleas filed against the parliament's amendments together.
In April 2018, at least 11 people died and hundreds were arrested during the protests against the apex court's order.
After the amendments, no preliminary inquiry will now be required to lodge a case against an accused who can be arrested without any approval.
The petitions claimed that the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, the two houses of the parliament, have arbitrarily amended the law, doing away with the provision which had earlier allowed a person to take an anticipatory bail.
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