<p class="bodytext">The government may file a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a review of its judgement diluting the provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, a ruling that has been slammed by leaders across party lines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dalit MPs from the BJP and alliance partners have doubled up efforts to put pressure on the Modi government to go for a review of the apex court judgement that issued guidelines to protect civil servants and private employees from arbitrary arrests under the Atrocities Act.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Lok Janashakti Party, a partner in the NDA government, declared that it would file a review petition in the Supreme Court next week on the judgement delivered on Tuesday that has had political parties up in arms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A delegation of Dalit MPs met Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to share their anxieties over the judgement and pitched for a review petition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will study it and respond accordingly," Prasad told reporters at a press conferences here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A top BJP source said the party's leadership has been apprised of the concerns raised by the SC/ST communities, who contend that the strongest weapon in the armoury has been snatched away by the verdict.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"SCs and STs across the country are angry about this judgement and the government should file a review petition," Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said here, mounting pressure on the government to take quick action in this regard.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Paswan is already upset about the inflammatory statements made by the Union ministers which had made a dent in his support base in Bihar comprising mostly voters from backward classes and minority communities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will file a review petition in the Supreme Court next week," Chirag Paswan, chairman of the LJP parliamentary board, told reporters here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Supreme Court, in its judgement, had observed that the Atrocities Act had become an instrument to "blackmail" innocent citizens and public servants.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Every law is prone to misuse; that does not mean that those laws should be abolished," senior Congress leader P L Punia said in a statement here. He demanded a review of the judgement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">CPI and Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch, too, have demanded a review of the apex court judgement.</p>
<p class="bodytext">The government may file a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a review of its judgement diluting the provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, a ruling that has been slammed by leaders across party lines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dalit MPs from the BJP and alliance partners have doubled up efforts to put pressure on the Modi government to go for a review of the apex court judgement that issued guidelines to protect civil servants and private employees from arbitrary arrests under the Atrocities Act.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Lok Janashakti Party, a partner in the NDA government, declared that it would file a review petition in the Supreme Court next week on the judgement delivered on Tuesday that has had political parties up in arms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A delegation of Dalit MPs met Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to share their anxieties over the judgement and pitched for a review petition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will study it and respond accordingly," Prasad told reporters at a press conferences here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A top BJP source said the party's leadership has been apprised of the concerns raised by the SC/ST communities, who contend that the strongest weapon in the armoury has been snatched away by the verdict.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"SCs and STs across the country are angry about this judgement and the government should file a review petition," Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said here, mounting pressure on the government to take quick action in this regard.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Paswan is already upset about the inflammatory statements made by the Union ministers which had made a dent in his support base in Bihar comprising mostly voters from backward classes and minority communities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will file a review petition in the Supreme Court next week," Chirag Paswan, chairman of the LJP parliamentary board, told reporters here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Supreme Court, in its judgement, had observed that the Atrocities Act had become an instrument to "blackmail" innocent citizens and public servants.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Every law is prone to misuse; that does not mean that those laws should be abolished," senior Congress leader P L Punia said in a statement here. He demanded a review of the judgement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">CPI and Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch, too, have demanded a review of the apex court judgement.</p>
