Maharastra Govt not implementing sc ST(PA)Act-PIL in Bombay HC
THE Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to file an
affidavit within three weeks informing whether it had forwarded reports to the
Centre in the last five years on implementation of the Scheduled Caste and the
Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act in the state.
The direction was given by Justice Ranjana Desai and Vijaya Kapse-Tahilramani on
a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by an NGO, the National Dalit Movement
for Justice, which alleged that the Act was not being implemented in
Maharashtra.
Public Prosecutor Pandurang Pol informed the Bench that a high-powered committee
had been formed under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Ashok Chavan to oversee
the implementation of the Act. Pol told the court that the file concerning
appointment of a nodal officer to oversee the implementation of the Act had been
referred to the Chief Minister and said a decision would be taken in this regard
within a fortnight.
Counsel for the petitioner, Sanghraj Rupawate, alleged since many years the
government had not constituted a high-powered committee under the chairmanship
of Chavan to oversee the implementation of the Act ■ PTI
INDIAN EXPRESS 6.8.10
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