The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that its recent judgement on the SC/ST Act has diluted the provisions of the law, resulting in “great damage” to the country.
The written submissions filed by Attorney General K K Venugopal yesterday said that this judgment has diluted the provisions of the Atrocities Act read with the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and resulted in great damage to the country.
He said that the confusion created by the verdict on 20th of March may have to be corrected by reviewing the judgment. Mr Venugopal said that the verdict has caused “commotion”, “anger, unease and a sense of disharmony” in the country.
He said that through its judgement on the 1989 Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the court has not filled the gaps in the SC/ST Act but rather amended it through judicial legislation, thus defeating the salutary provisions of this law.
The Centre stressed that separation of powers between the legislature, the executive and the judiciary was “inviolable’.
