SC/ST cases to have special courts IN Tamil Nadu
Posted on: 23/Jun/2015 11:49:03 AM
The Tamil Nadu State Government will be soon setting up special courts to try cases under Section 14 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 in all districts
Narayanan of CHANGE India had filed a petition seeking for a direction to constitute special courts under these Acts in all the districts, identified as �atrocity-prone areas� designated by the State government in order to ensure speedy trial, justice and compensation to victim.
When the case came up before the first Bench comprising Chief Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam, the judges directed the Registrar-General of the Madras High Court to take action within three months and the government to take expeditious steps to constitute the courts in the remaining districts.
