State Of M.P. & Anr vs Ram Krishna Balothia & Anr on 6 February, 1995
In State of M.P. vs. Ram Kishna Balothia,
A.I.R. 1995 S.C. 1198, the constitutional validity of certain
provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 were challenged. The
Supreme Court extracted from the Satement of Objects and
Reasons, the following:-