The Gujarat authorities has sought the steerage of the Centre on judgments of some decrease courts in North Gujarat to get better compensation paid to Dalit complainants in circumstances filed beneath provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, higher often called Atrocity Act.
Social Justice & Empowerment minister Ishvar Parmar stated this on the ground of state Assembly whereas delivering his speech on budgetary calls for of his division within the present Assembly session.
The situation was raised within the Assembly by Congress MLA from Dasada constituency Naushad Solanki throughout his speech on the budgetary calls for of Social Justice and Empowerment division.
In September 2019, The Indian Express had first reported a few court docket in Banaskantha district passing three separate judgments ordering to get better compensation paid to Dalit complainants in circumstances filed beneath the provisions of the Atrocity Act.
Solanki referred to the judgments of courts in Banaskantha saying that whereas the court docket has handed such judgments to get better compensation paid to the victims and the state authorities has not filed an attraction towards such orders.
In reply to Solanki, Minister Parmar stated in his speech, “Regarding orders from court to recover compensation, the state government has sought guidance from the Union government as per the provisions of the Atrocity Act. And the government is working seriously on the subject.”
A variety of MLAs additionally participated within the normal dialogue on budgetary calls for of the Social Justice & Empowerment division.
Deputy chief of Congress within the Assembly and Danilimda MLA Shailesh Parmar demanded {that a} Scheduled Caste Commission ought to be arrange within the state.
Shailesh Parmar alleged that Gujarat tops within the main states of the nation when it comes to price of atrocities towards Dalits.
Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani raised the query of latest homicide of Dalit RTI activist in Bhavnagar district and requested the federal government as to why the police sub-inspector towards whom the deceased’s household has made allegations is but not arrested.
Meanwhile, BJP MLA from Idar constituency Hitu Kanodiya acknowledged that some individuals who wish to mission themselves as group leaders are disturbing the environment of social concord within the state by making a mountain out of a molehill and politicizing the difficulty.He claimed that some individuals “blow an incident out of proportion” and “unnecessarily disturb the atmosphere”.
