WE SHOULD HANG OUR HEADS IN SHAME FOR HAVING ILL-TREATED SCHEDULED-CASTE PEOPLE FOR CENTURIES- MADRAS HIGH COURT 

WE SHOULD HANG OUR HEADS IN SHAME FOR HAVING ILL-TREATED SCHEDULED-CASTE PEOPLE FOR CENTURIES- MADRAS HIGH COURT 

24^TH DECEMBER

The Madras High Court observed while taking the Suo Moto cognizance of a newspaper report over the destitution being faced by Scheduled Caste people belonging to SC communities owing to the absence of a road to a graveyard. 

Expressing agony over the continuing hardships faced by the SC community, a Bench of Justices N Kirubakaran and B Pugalendhi said in their order that, "We have to hang our head in shame for having ill-treated and discriminated the Scheduled Caste people for centuries together... Even today, they are not getting properly treated, and offenses are continuing, and they are not getting appropriate basic facilities." The court added that those in government jobs mostly violate the SC/ST Prevention Act, 1989.

The court said that “ Not only living person but Dead person should also be given dignity. The Scheduled Caste people should have roads to graveyards. This news report only reflects that there are no proper pathways/roads to the graveyards. Therefore, this Court thinks it fit to take the above issue reported in the newspaper as a Suo Motu Public Interest Litigation.”