January 26, 2016 6:32 AM
SC/ST Amendment Act to come into force from today
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015 will come into force from today. The Act has more stringent provisions for prevention of atrocities against SCs and STs. President Pranab Mukherjee had given his assent to the bill on 31st of last month whic...