{"id":55259,"date":"2019-01-25T12:03:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T06:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55259"},"modified":"2019-01-25T12:03:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T06:33:20","slug":"supreme-court-refuses-to-stay-amendments-to-sc-st-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-refuses-to-stay-amendments-to-sc-st-act","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court refuses to stay amendments to SC\/ST Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/robbery.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" data-attachment-id=\"55229\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-gets-7-years-rigorous-imprisonment-for-robbery\/robbery\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/robbery.jpg?fit=266%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"266,177\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"robbery\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/robbery.jpg?fit=266%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/robbery.jpg?fit=266%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55229\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/robbery.jpg?resize=266%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/robbery.jpg?w=266&amp;ssl=1 266w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/robbery.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court Thursday refused to stay the proposed amendments to the SC\/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act which restored the no anticipatory bail provision for the accused.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Justice A K Sikri said the pending review petition filed by the Centre against the apex court&#8217;s March 20, 2018 verdict and the pleas challenging the new amendments made in the SC\/ST verdict will be taken up together.<\/p>\n<p>The bench referred the matter to the Chief Justice for reconstitution of a bench which Justice U U Lalit was a part of.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Lalit was part of a bench which had passed the March 20, 2018 verdict, taking note of the rampant misuse of the stringent SC\/ST Act against government servants and held that there shall be no immediate arrest on any complaint filed under the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Thursday refused to stay the proposed amendments to the SC\/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act which restored the no anticipatory bail provision for the accused. 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