write a note on prevention of atrocities act 1989
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「ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴛ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪғ ᴀɴʏ ɴᴏɴ-sᴄʜᴇᴅᴜʟᴇᴅ ᴄᴀsᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏɴ-sᴄʜᴇᴅᴜʟᴇᴅ ᴛʀɪʙᴇs ᴡʀᴏɴɢғᴜʟʟʏ ᴏᴄᴄᴜᴘɪᴇs ᴏʀ ᴄᴜʟᴛɪᴠᴀᴛᴇs ᴀɴʏ ʟᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴡɴᴇᴅ ʙʏ, ᴏʀ ᴀʟʟᴏᴛᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ, ᴏʀ ɴᴏᴛɪғɪᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀɴʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴇᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀʟʟᴏᴛᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴀ sᴄʜᴇᴅᴜʟᴇᴅ ᴄᴀsᴛᴇ ᴏʀ ᴀ sᴄʜᴇᴅᴜʟᴇᴅ ᴛʀɪʙᴇ ᴏʀ ɢᴇᴛs ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟᴏᴛᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴍ ᴛʀᴀɴsғᴇʀʀᴇᴅ.」♡
Answer & Explanation:
Hindu society is divided into many castes and more than 400 castes are termed as scheduled castes and scheduled tribe and are regarded as untouchables. The caste system was a result of work and not of birth. The preamble of the constitution of India talks about equality but despite that there is no equality among the citizens of India, but the so-called citizens of India treat the lower caste people more ruthlessly than the animals. A speech given by Dr. Ambedkar in the Indian constituent assembly gives a clear picture of the Indian society. There are various fundamental rights granted by the constitution of India to abolish this caste based discrimination, but the tyranny is that even the Constitution of India failed to grant equality to the lower caste.
After the failure of the Constitution came the Untouchability (Offences) Act 1955 but the lacunae and loopholes impelled the government to project a major overhaul of this legal instrument. From 1976 onwards the Act was refurbished as the Protection of Civil Rights Act. Despite various measures adopted to improve the socio economic conditions of the SCs and STs they are still the vulnerable class and are subjected to various humiliation, offences, indignities and harassment. The normal provisions of the existing laws of Indian Penal Code and Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 were found to be inadequate to check these atrocities.
Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989 deals with the title, extent, and commencement of the Act. The area where it will have its operation is the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir which occupies a special constitutional position. Therefore this act is applicable will be followed by whole of India but not in the State of Jammu and Kashmir as because they have different laws prevailing there.