The Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tribes

Commentary on The Scheduled Castes and The Scheduled Tribes is a practitioner-oriented treatise that decodes India’s legal architecture for protecting historically marginalised communities. The volume reproduces key statutes and explains each provision with legislative context, purposive interpretation and curated headnotes from landmark Supreme Court and High Court decisions. Core coverage includes the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act—definitions of atrocity, special procedures, duties of police and prosecutors, trial before special courts, compensation and relief mechanisms—and intersecting laws such as constitutional equality guarantees, preventive orders, criminal provisions, and civil remedies. Practical chapters address FIR drafting, evidence-gathering in atrocity cases, victim-protection measures, interim relief, compensation petitions, and strategies for public interest litigation. Templates and annexures supply complaint formats, application for interim relief, victim-compensation claims and sample affidavits for assisting grassroots organisations. Policy notes discuss implementation gaps, prosecutorial best practices and remedies to reduce impunity. Updated with recent jurisprudence and empirical enforcement observations, the commentary aims to translate law into effective legal action—helping advocates, NGOs, prosecutors and judges secure justice and remediation for victims while balancing due-process considerations.