POCSO Or Atrocities Courts: Which Jurisdiction Is More ‘Special’?

-By Abhijeet Shrivastava Introduction As is well known, the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (“Atrocities Act”) was enacted by the Indian Parliament in 1989 as an anti-discrimination law. This legislation focused on countering negative discrimination against persons from the aforesaid categories. It crafted offences which had a nexus with their … Continue reading POCSO Or Atrocities Courts: Which Jurisdiction Is More ‘Special’?