‘More than 97 percent ‘untouchability’ cases remain pending, majority result in acquittal’, claims Social Justice Ministry’s data
A recent central government report finds, abysmally, that registration of cases under the Protection of Civil Rights Act fell down to only 13 in 2022, as several states said they had ‘NIL’ information of the law’s implementation.
Simran Kaur is pursuing LLM at National Law University, Delhi. She is interested in constitutional jurisprudence, gender and queer studies, and human rights. She is an editorial intern with The Leaflet.