Commentary on the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989 with rules and allied laws

Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Preliminary
Chapter 2: Offences of Atrocities
Chapter 3: Externment
Chapter 4: Special Courts
Chapter 5: Miscellaneous
Appendix 1 - 105
Table of Cases
Index

The Government of India had never been oblivious of the miserable plight of the people of the SC/ST category in our country whose sufferance from indigence, illiteracy, inequality in status and opportunity, atrocities in the form of duress, coercion, forced labour had made them live like down-trodden men. With the advent of country's Independence, the Government taking it as a burning topic, rose to the occasion for remedial measures on priority basis.
In monitoring the cause of their betterment, the Government had taken necessary steps for providing educational facilities along with reservation of posts in Government departments for service at appropriate percentage rate(s). They (Government) also made definite provision in the Constitution of India giving them guarantee of equality of status and opportunity in common society.