Prasad Dilip Pathade vs The State Of Maharashtra And Anr on 13 December, 2018
drawn our attention to an order passed in Criminal Appeal No.1230 of 2018
by the Division Bench of this Court (Coram : Shri Justice S.S. Shinde and
Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari) dated 24th October, 2018, wherein, the Hon'ble
Division Bench took into consideration the challenge to the amended Section
18A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities)
Act, 1989 pending before the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Writ Petition (Civil)
No.1015 of 2018 (Prathvi Raj Chauhan vs. Union of India), in which it is
stated that show cause notices have been issued to the respondents therein.
It has been stated in the said order that the matter was likely to be heard on
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20th November, 2018 and accordingly this Court directed the Investigating
Officer to proceed with the investigation, however not to take coercive
action against the appellant till the next date.