Law Inaction
Channel: Padmaja Shaw
Date: 05/10/2018

Subtitles can be activated by clicking on the cc icon at the bottom left of the screen. This film explores the barriers to effective implementation of the SC, ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and the amendments to the Act. Views of victims, lawyers, civil liberties activists, academics, and those of Sri PS Krishnan who drafted the 1989 Act, are reflected here. The film is segmented to discuss the various aspects of the law - why a tough law is needed, forms of atrocities, the issue of anticipatory bail, difficulty in filing first information reports, trials, misuse of the law, convictions, and the long road to justice in India for the victims of atrocities.