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The scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act 1989 with its scheme of punitive, relief andother provisions was a significant step to combat the rising trend of crimes againtst these communites, particularly the Scheduled Castes. The law, it has been held by the courts, promotes the objective of Article 17 of the Constitution which aims at abolishing untouchability. This study critically examines the nature of these crimes, and how these cases fare in the Special Courts, and for relief and rehabilitation as per Rules under the law, at the hands of the administration.The research has gone into the police record of more than 50% of cases (3588) registered in the five sample districs of Uttar Pradesh during five years. The progress of a sample of these cases is then followed up through the records of the special, looking into the reasons for delays, faliure to abtain convictions, etc.; supplemented with emperical data from the field relating to the actual realities-how the victims, their families and other perceive the situation. Thus it looks into the sociological; underpinning of this pioneering legislation promoting the constitutional objectives to benefit the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and then offers a critical apprisal of how far the law has, on the ground, promoted its aims and objective as speld out by the central legislature.
ISBN 9788183873994
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Pages : 241
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