Supreme Court of India

National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 9 S.C.R. 122
Bench T. S. Thakur, Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud and L. Nageswara Rao JJ.
Decided 15 December 2016

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Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 - Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 - Implementation of- Sought by filing petition u!Art. 32 of Constitution - Seeking directions to the authorities concerned to enforce the provisions of the Act and Rules - Held: The constitutional goal of equality for all the citizens can be achieved only when the rights of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are protected - Though the Act is comprehensive enough to deal with the social evil, there has been failure on the part of the

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