GK
IMPORTANT ACTS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF INDIA
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1959
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1969
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1979
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1989
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Detailed explanation-1: -An Act to prevent the commission of offences of atrocities against the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, to provide for Special Courts for the trial of such offences and for the relief and rehabilitation of the victims of such offences and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Prevention of Atrocities (Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes) Act 1989 (“Act”) is aimed at countering the multifarious ways in which caste discrimination is played out. The Act is a criminal law that punishes caste-based atrocities against the members of SC/ST by non-SC/ST persons.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was passed in the year 1989 to protect the SC and ST communities from violence and social discrimination.