Ruling on SC/ST Act is causing great damage, Centre tells Supreme Court

Ruling on SC/ST Act is causing great damage, Centre tells Supreme Court

 Context

In a note seeking a review, government says judgment is in conflict with the law

 What has happened?

The Supreme Court judgment banning immediate arrest of a person accused of insulting or injuring Dalits is causing disharmony and “great damage” to the country, the Centre said on Thursday

Correct the confusion

• The government said the “confusion deserves to be corrected” and the March 20 judgment is “directly in conflict” with the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989
• The government dismissed the reasoning given by the Supreme Court that it had the power to declare the law when none exists.

Judicial legislation

• Each of the three arms of governance has to remain within its own terrain
• The judgment is nothing but judicial legislation.
• The government said the Supreme Court, through its March 20 verdict, had encroached upon area reserved for Parliament and laid down a law contrary to a statute passed by Parliament.