The Supreme Court will hear the review petition filed by the Central government against the judgment on the SC/ST Act, at 2 pm today..Attorney General KK Venugopal initially mentioned the matter before Justice AK Goel, who agreed that he will hear the matter, provided Chief Justice Dipak Misra constitutes the Bench. (The review has to be heard by the same Bench which delivered the judgment – Justices AK Goel and Justice UU Lalit. Justice Goel is currently sitting with Justice Rohitnon Nariman)..The Attorney General submitted before the Bench of Justice Goel that the law and order situation in the country has become unstable, and has led to an emergency-like situation..He informed the Bench that many people have died, and property worth thousands of crores has been damaged. He prayed that the judgement should be stayed..Amicus Amarendra Sharan opposed the submissions of the AG, and submitted that the judgment should not be stayed on the ground that the law and order situation in the country is unstable. He added that the government is responsible for maintaining law and order..After hearing the parties, the Bench agreed to hear the review petition in open court, provided CJI Misra constitutes the bench. It, therefore, granted liberty to AG to mention the matter before the CJI..Venugopal then made his way to the CJI’s court and mentioned the matter there..“There has been a number of deaths. Lots of property has been damaged”, said the AG..CJI Misra then agreed to list the matter at 2 pm today..Yesterday, the Centre had filed a review petition assailing the judgment, which had introduced safeguards to prevent misuse of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against officers who deal with the complaints under the Act in their official capacity.
The Supreme Court will hear the review petition filed by the Central government against the judgment on the SC/ST Act, at 2 pm today..Attorney General KK Venugopal initially mentioned the matter before Justice AK Goel, who agreed that he will hear the matter, provided Chief Justice Dipak Misra constitutes the Bench. (The review has to be heard by the same Bench which delivered the judgment – Justices AK Goel and Justice UU Lalit. Justice Goel is currently sitting with Justice Rohitnon Nariman)..The Attorney General submitted before the Bench of Justice Goel that the law and order situation in the country has become unstable, and has led to an emergency-like situation..He informed the Bench that many people have died, and property worth thousands of crores has been damaged. He prayed that the judgement should be stayed..Amicus Amarendra Sharan opposed the submissions of the AG, and submitted that the judgment should not be stayed on the ground that the law and order situation in the country is unstable. He added that the government is responsible for maintaining law and order..After hearing the parties, the Bench agreed to hear the review petition in open court, provided CJI Misra constitutes the bench. It, therefore, granted liberty to AG to mention the matter before the CJI..Venugopal then made his way to the CJI’s court and mentioned the matter there..“There has been a number of deaths. Lots of property has been damaged”, said the AG..CJI Misra then agreed to list the matter at 2 pm today..Yesterday, the Centre had filed a review petition assailing the judgment, which had introduced safeguards to prevent misuse of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against officers who deal with the complaints under the Act in their official capacity.
