tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000456447770564113.post1172668869850367227..comments2024-02-15T17:55:05.415+05:30Comments on Anaarkali - The Saga of Bhil Adivasi Indigenous People: The Flaw in the LawRahul Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03878406459334361611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000456447770564113.post-55634791754390670722008-02-20T16:44:00.000+05:302008-02-20T16:44:00.000+05:30rabi you will be interested to know that the khedu...rabi you will be interested to know that the khedut mazdoor chetna sangath went to the Supreme Court for redressal of atrocities committed by the police on the adivasis in 1993 and the Supreme Court reiterating its earlier decisions in this regard penalised the offending officers for having handcuffed undertrial adivasi prisoners.Rahul Banerjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878406459334361611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000456447770564113.post-84668138398210629572008-02-20T12:57:00.000+05:302008-02-20T12:57:00.000+05:30Adivasis have been suffering from democratic discr...Adivasis have been suffering from democratic discrimination right with the Independence of the country. Maoist or Naxalite tag attched to adivasis may be legally correct, but it is superflous and government approach to make them 'civilized' is lopsided. Laws against Adivasis during the British Rules have not been corrected even today. Let us cite about a perverse example. Undertrial Adivasis charged in whichever Section possible are mostly kept in handcuff, whereas non-Adivasis are not. Considering handcuffing an accused has been prohibitted by the Supreme Court since 1980, but who cares? handcuffing citizensAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com