No affront to Dalit rights, says SC
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No affront to Dalit rights, says SC

What has happened?

The Supreme Court said its March 20 judgment, banning immediate arrest of a person accused of insulting or injuring a Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe member, is meant to protect innocents from arbitrary arrest and not an affront to Dalit rights

SC’s comments

  • Protecting the innocent
  • Called the judgment a ‘balance’ between Dalit rights and right of an innocent against arrest in a false case
  • Vested interests were fuelling the protests

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