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Human Rights Forum meeting on SC/ST Act verdict
The Human Rights Forum (HRF) is organising a meeting in the city on June 23 on the judgment of the Supreme Court that dilutes provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The meeting will be held at the Builders Association Hall in Siripuram from 6 pm.
Visakhapatnam: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) is organising a meeting in the city on June 23 on the judgment of the Supreme Court that dilutes provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The meeting will be held at the Builders Association Hall in Siripuram from 6 pm.
According to K Sudha, HRF State General Secretary, the apex court had on March 20 this year passed a slew of directions that undermine the very purpose of the SC, ST (POA) Act and are an affront to decades of struggles by Dalits and Adivasis seeking to uphold their dignity.
Speakers, including Dr C Pradgna, Professor of English at GITAM University, B Venkat Rao, secretary of the Dalita Hakkula Porata Samiti (DHPS), SV Ramana, convener of Dalita Vimukthi, Dr K Pallavi, assistant professor, Ambedkar College of Law, AU, T Chiranjeevi, Visakha city president of the Struggle Committee Against Caste Discrimination (KVPS) and G Sivanageswara Rao, HRF State vice-president will speak on the issue.
