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Allahabad HC: Special Courts Under SC/ST Act Empowered to Take Direct Cognizance of IPC Offences - (12 Mar 2020)

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Allahabad High Court has held that Special Courts under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act) are empowered to take direct cognizance of offences committed under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and committal of the case to it by a magistrate under Section 193 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is not a mandatory precondition.

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