The SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, designed to protect the rights of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India, has faced significant judicial scrutiny. Recent judgments have ...

As we all know that protective discrimination refers to the special privileges granted to the under privileged section of the society most commonly women. In earlier times the poor people as we...

The PESA Act was enacted in 1996 to provide for the extension of the provisions of Part IX of the Constitution relating to the Panchayats to the Scheduled Areas. (Other than Panchayats, Part IX...

The typical organization of mankind in primary history was the tribe. Today, in many parts of the world, the tribal community is still a major form of human political organization. Even in adva...