Back अनुसूचित जाति एवं अनुसूचित जनजाति (अत्याचार निरोधक) अधिनियम, 1989 Hindi अनुसूचित जाती आणि अनुसूचित जमाती (अत्याचार प्रतिबंधक) कायदा, १९८९ Marathi ଅନୁସୂଚିତ ଜାତି ଏବଂ ଅନୁସୂଚିତ ଜନଜାତି (ଅତ୍ୟାଚାର ନିବାରଣ) ଅଧିନିୟମ ୧୯୮୯ OR வன்கொடுமைத் தடுப்புச் சட்டம் Tamil درج فہرست ذات اور درج فہرست قبائل (انسداد مظالم) قانون، 1989ء Urdu
| Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 and Rules 1995 | |
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| Parliament of India | |
| Citation | Act 33 of 1989 |
| Enacted by | Parliament of India |
| Enacted | 11 September 1989 |
| Commenced | Act: 30 January 1990 Rules: 31 March 1995 (Rules notified) |
| Legislative history | |
| Introduced | 11 September 1989 |
| Repeals | |
| 4 March 2014 Ordinance (overhaul: new sections, chapters and schedules added) | |
| Amended by | |
| 31 October 2019, 20 August 2018 (Act Amended, S18A added), 27 June 2018 (Rules and Schedule tweaked), 14 April 2016, (Rules amended, relief and rehabilitation enhanced), 26 January 2016 (major overhaul), 23 June 2014 (Rules amended, relief and rehabilitation enhanced), 8 November 2013 (Sub-divisional VMCs and nominees). | |
| Summary | |
| Preventing atrocities against the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in India | |
| Keywords | |
| Caste, Dalit, POA, SC/ST Act, Atrocities Act | |
| Status: In force | |
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (its correct name) was enacted by the Parliament of India to prevent atrocities and hate crimes against the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. In popular usage, including in parliamentary debates and in the judgements of the Supreme Court of India, it is referred to as the SC/ST Act. It is also referred to as the 'Atrocities Act', POA, and PoA.
Recognising the continuing gross indignities and offences against the scheduled castes and tribes, (defined as 'atrocities' in Section 3 of the Act)[1] the Indian parliament enacted the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 when the existing legal provisions (such as the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 and the Indian Penal Code, 1860) were found to be inadequate to check these caste and ethnicity based hate crimes.
The Act was passed in Parliament of India on 11 September 1989 and notified on 30 January 1990. It was comprehensively amended in 2015 (including renumbering sub-sections of Section 3), and notified on 26 January 2016. It was subsequently amended in 2018 and 2019.
The rules were notified on 31 March 1995. They were comprehensively amended and notified on 14 April 2016. There were a few amendments to the rules and annexures in 2018.
- ^ The Statement of the object and reasons for SC/ST(PoA)ACT 1989