Cabinet clears bill to restore Dalit law, overturn SC order

The SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, which comes just days ahead of a nationwide protest planned by Dalit groups on August 9 against the SC order, restores the original provision of the law which held that the investigating officer could arrest the accused once he had reason to suspect an offence had been committed.

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