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Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribes

    Home Topics Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribes
    Indian law punishes cruel and degrading crimes committed against people belonging to Scheduled Castes and Tribes, gives special protections and rights to victims belonging to Scheduled Castes and Tribes and sets up courts for fast completion of cases.

    Cruel and Degrading Atrocities against SC/ST

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    Any of the following crimes committed against members of SC/ST are referred to as atrocities in law.  The punishment for these acts are imprisonment between 6 months and 5 years, along with a fine.Hur
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    Land and Property belonging to SC/ST

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    It is illegal to take over any land that is owned or controlled by, or allotted to any SC/ST member as well as forcing an SC/ST member to leave her home, unless it is done legally. The takeover of the
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    Voting and Elections Rights of SC/ST

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    It is a crime to interfere with the voting rights of members of SCs or STs. If you do any of the following, you will be punished with imprisonment anywhere between 6 months and 5 years along with a fi
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    Women belonging to SC/ST Groups

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    It is a crime to sexually touch a woman belonging to an SC/ST without her consent. It is also a crime to sexually harass an SC/ST woman. If such a crime takes place, the woman’s past history and actio
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    False case/statements against SC/ST

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    Filing a false case against an SC/ST member as well as giving false information to a government official that causes the official to harass an SC/ST member are both illegal. For example, if you go to
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    Externment of Persons Committing Atrocities

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    The law designates certain areas as tribal areas or scheduled areas. If any person is likely to commit crimes or atrocities against members of SCs and STs in such areas, the Special Courts can have th
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    FIR, Arrest and Bail

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    When an FIR is filed for a crime or atrocity committed against a member of the scheduled castes or scheduled tribes, no preliminary inquiry needs to be conducted by the investigation officer before th
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    Investigation of Cases

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    If a crime under this special law committed against a member of the scheduled caste or schedule tribe groups has been reported to the police, the investigation for this must be done by a police office
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    Rights of Victims and Witnesses

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    This special law guarantees certain rights to the victims, their dependents and those acting as witness to the complaints filed under this law. These rights are:Protection from violenceVictims, their
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    Steps for States to ensure fulfilment of the rights

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    If you are a victim or atrocities, dependent of the victim or a witness to the atrocities, the State Government must ensure that you are given: a copy of the FIR free of costimmediate relief in cash o
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    Precautionary and preventive measures to be taken by States

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    The law requires special measures to be taken by the State governments to prevent atrocities against members of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes((Rule 3, Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe (Preventi
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    SC/ST Protection Cells

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    The law requires State governments to set up SC and ST Protection Cells at their headquarters. This cell is headed by the Director of Police and Inspector General of Police of the State.((Rule 8, Sche
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    Relief and Rehabilitation for Victims of Atrocities

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    The law requires measures to be taken by the District administration to provide relief and ensure rehabilitation of members of SCs or STs who have been victims of atrocities and crimes mentioned under
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    Reporting a Crime/Atrocity

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    If a crime has been committed against you owing to your identity as member of the Scheduled castes or scheduled tribes, you can approach any of these places to get immediate relief: PoliceYou can eith
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