Case Commentary – DR. SUBHASH KASHINATH MAHAJAN VS STATE OF MAHARASHTRA (AIR 2018 SC 1498)

Shraddha Sharma – Law graduate from Sardar Patel Subharti Institute of Law & Aadil Abbas – Law Graduate from SRM University

Best Citation – Shraddha Sharma & Aadil Abbas, Case Commentary – DR. SUBHASH KASHINATH MAHAJAN VS STATE OF MAHARASHTRA (AIR 2018 SC 1498), 2 (5) & 32 of 2022, IJLR.

ABSTRACT

The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 Act was enacted to safeguard the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes people from different types of discrimination and atrocities and other problems they are facing in the society.

Recently Supreme Court announced the judgement of Subhash Kashinath Mahajan V. State of Maharashtra to prevent the misuse of the Act by Dalits and other SC and ST people. This verdict led to protests in various states of country by Dalit groups who shows disregards about the said judgement. This judgement is a landmark judgement in the history of the era.

Keywords : Supreme Court, Scheduled Caste, atrocities , Arrest, Right to Life etc