A number of people staged a padayatra from the village of Pedapadu in Rayalaseema to the city of Kurnool on the morning of May 19. They were protesting against a Supreme Court judgment which had laid down that the police were duty-bound to investigate complaints made under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (PoA Act), before arresting the accused. Braving the scorching heat that radiated off the rocky outcrops dotting their path, they marched fifteen kilometers, protesting against the judgment delivered on March 20 this year by a Bench of Justices AK Goel and UU Lalit. The march […]
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