Act Against Judges Showing Caste Bias In Rulings, Such Shocking Court Orders Behind Rise In SC/ST Atrocities
Congress appeals to Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai to take strict motion towards judges accused of caste discrimination. Social gathering highlights disturbing bail circumstances and rising crimes towards Dalits and tribals throughout India.
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NEW DELHI: The Congress Social gathering requested the Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai to look into circumstances the place Excessive Courtroom judges present unfair conduct primarily based on caste.
At a press meet held on the Congress headquarters, Rajendra Pal Gautam, who’s the chairman of the Scheduled Caste (SC) division of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), raised severe issues.
He talked about a latest case from the Odisha Excessive Courtroom the place a social employee received bail however with stunning circumstances — he was requested to sweep and clear a police station daily from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. for 3 months.
Mr. Gautam defined that two activists had been jailed in a “false and fabricated case” whereas protesting unlawful mining. He stated that when considered one of them was given bail by the Excessive Courtroom, this uncommon punishment was set as a situation.
The second activist additionally received bail from a decrease courtroom, and related circumstances had been placed on him.
“If that is the perspective of a decide towards castes, then what are you able to anticipate from a standard man. I might urge the CJI to search out out such judicial orders and there must be motion such judges too,”
-Mr. Gautam stated.
He then reminded the media a couple of 2021 judgment from the Chhattisgarh Excessive Courtroom, the place the courtroom acquitted a rape accused saying that–
“Higher caste males can not rape an SC or ST lady.”
Mr. Gautam added that-
“An analogous reasoning was given within the notorious Bhanwari Devi gang rape case in Rajasthan in 1992. Nothing has modified in all these years.”
He additionally pointed to latest crime statistics from the Nationwide Crime Information Bureau (NCRB) and claimed that violence and atrocities towards Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes had been rising.
In line with him, the Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Castes and the Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Tribes are now not efficient as a result of the federal government has not crammed all of the posts in these essential our bodies.
He stated,
“If you do not need these commissions to operate, it’s higher scrap them.”
Mr. Gautam stated that greater than six lakh complaints had been made relating to crimes towards SCs and STs, however solely about 7,500 complaints had been really heard by these commissions.
Additional criticizing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), he alleged that the group, which claims to face for Hindu unity, doesn’t think about Dalits and tribals as Hindus.
He additionally stated that there was a 35% enhance in atrocities towards SCs and STs, and cited many disturbing incidents from throughout the nation to indicate how such crimes proceed with none robust punishment or worry of the legislation.
He talked about an incident from Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, the place a tribal man was pressured to drink urine, and one other stunning case from Odisha, the place a tribal man was pressured to stroll on his knees after being stopped by Bajrang Dal employees.
In one other instance, he stated,
“In Tamil Nadu, there was a case the place a Dalit sarpanch (panchayat head) was pressured to take a seat on the ground whereas ahead caste folks sat on chairs.”
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