The Supreme Court today refused to stay the proposed amendments to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act that rule out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities against SC/STs.<br />''  <br />'' A bench headed by Justice A K Sikri said the pending review petition filed by the Centre against the apex court's 20th March verdict and the pleas challenging the new amendments made in the SC/ST verdict will be taken up together. The bench referred the matter to the Chief Justice for reconstitution of a bench which Justice U U Lalit was a part of.<br />''  <br />'' Justice Lalit was part of a bench which had passed the 20th March 2018 verdict, taking note of the rampant misuse of the stringent SC/ST Act against government servants and held that there shall be no immediate arrest on any complaint filed under the law<br />''  <br />'' <br />