SC to hear SC/ST review plea at 2 pm

April 03, 2018 11:50

Just in: The Supreme Court agrees for an open court hearing on the Centre's review petition over the judgement on the SC/ST Act. The plea will be heard at 2 pm today.

The Centre on Monday filed a review petition against a recent verdict of a two-judge bench, which introduced safeguards to prevent misuse of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The Centre had sought an open court hearing and said that the safeguards would render the law toothless.

The review plea filed by the Ministry of Social Justice argued the safeguards would dilute the objective of protecting the marginalised sections and expose them to more violence and atrocities in a caste-ridden milieu while urging the court to recall the ruling.

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