New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hold further hearing on May 3, on Centre’s plea seeking the recall of its judgement holding that arrest on a complaint under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is not mandatory.
A bench headed by Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said that it would hear the Centre’s plea after Attorney General KK Venugopal told the bench that in compliance of the court’s April 3 order all parties have submitted their written submissions.
The Centre had moved the top court for the review of the judgement that generated a lot of protests including by the lawmakers, who felt that the Supreme Court verdict had diluted the provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act meant to protect the people of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.