Question: I am calling from Sathyamangalam. Please tell me about SC ST act. Reply: Prevention of Atrocities Act, is implemented to prevent the atrocities on Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe people. And also to take legal actions on brutality, violence, harassments done against Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe people. In India Untouchability act in the year 1955. And in the year 1976 it was renamed as The Protection of Civil Rights (PCR) Act. This act applies only to Scheduled caste people and it should apply to Scheduled tribe people too so in the year 1989 Prevention of Atrocities Act was implemented. Thank you
