Supreme Court of India

State of Bihar and Others Etc. v. Anil Kumar and Others Etc.

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Bench J.S. Khehar J.
Decided 23 March 2017

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, these appeals are allowed and the order passed by the High Court F is set aside.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of c Atrocities) Act, 1989 - ss.9, 23 - Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 - r. 7 - Central Government in exercise of rule making power vested u/s. 23, SCST Ct framed 1995 Rules wherein r. 7 vested the investigative authority. for offences committed under SCST Act with an officer not below the rank of a DSP - However, appellant-State in exercise of power vested in it u/s.9, SCST Act issued a notification allowing the investigative process to be ca_rried by officers three ranks below the rank of DSP…

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