HC directs DGP, ADGP, Social Justice and Human Rights, to file statistical report on SC/ST cases in last five years

MADURAI The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Director General of Police and the Additional Director General of Police, Social Justice and Human Rights, to file a comprehensive District-wise statistical report furnishing particulars with respect to cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, during the last five years. A Division Bench of Justices P.

Velmurugan and K.K. Ramakrishnan sought details with regard to the total number of cases registered; the number of cases in which the investigation had been completed; the number of cases in which chargesheets had been filed; the number of cases in which chargesheets were yet to be filed; and the number of cases pending trial before the respective courts.