On 15 july 62 yr old Vaman Nyaynirgune was beaten to death in Tasgaon-Sangali ( Maharashtra ) only because he did not respect properly to villagers belonging to Maratha caste, who take themselves as upper caste & Vaman was belonging to backward community which is prescribed as Schedulde Caste as per indian constitutional provisions. 

This is not first or rare incidence. Recently in Shirdi, Sagar Shejwal, was bruttaly beaten to death, for keeping mobile ringtone song dedicated to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, who is known as the founding father of India's Constitution and independent India's first Union law minister.

Last year Nitin Aage, A 17-year-old boy from a farmer’s family in Nagar district was brutally beaten up and then strangled to death allegedly by villagers who saw him talking to the Maratha girl. The body of Nitin Raju Aage was later hung to a tree in the village.

Maharashtra is known as progressive state of India, but communities belonging yo SC & ST are unsecured there. Several incidents of atrocities on backward classes are  going on. 

The normal provisions of the existing laws like, the Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 and Indian Penal Code have been found inadequate to check these atrocities[1] continuing the gross indignities and offences against Scheduled Castes and Tribes. Recognizing these, the Parliament passed ‘Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act’, 1989 & Rules, 1995. The statement of objects and reasons appended to the Bill while moving the same in the Parliament, reads

“despite various measures to improve the socioeconomic conditions of SCs & STs, they remain vulnerable. They are denied a number of civil rights; they are subjected to various offences, indignities, humiliations and harassment. They have, in several brutal incidents, been deprived of their life and property. Serious atrocities are committed against them for various historical, social and economic reasons.”

The preamble of the Act also states that the Act is,

“to prevent the commission of offences of atrocities against the members of Scheduled Castes and Tribes, to provide for Special Courts for the trial of such offences and for the relief and rehabilitation of the victims of such offenses and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.”

For speedy trial, Section 14 of the Act provides for a Court of Session to be a Special Court to try offences under this Act in each district. Rule 13(i) mandates that the judge in a special court be sensitive with right aptitude and understanding of the problems of the SCs and STs.

However, that is seldom the case. Most states have declared a court as a 'special court'. The hitch is that they are designated courts (as opposed to exclusive special courts) and so have to hear many other cases too. Consequently, at any time about 80% of the cases are pending defeating the very purpose of having special courts in the first place.

on 3rd Feb of 2005 SC/ST Cell of Ministry of Home Affairs of GOI had issued advisory on Need for effective implementation of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. But still today, There is zero implementation of both acts. 

Reason is clear. Government of Maharashtra is not serious towards atrocities against backward classes. So Public pressure is necessary.

Please Sign the petition to ask GOM to implement atrocity act properly & to establish Special Courts immediately.