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22 offences in consonance with established patterns of behaviour
that demean, degrade and inflict shattering impact on SCs and STs,

besides denial of economic, democratic and social rights,

discrimination, exploitation and abuse of the legal process, are
included in the provisions of this Act.

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12. Opinion is divided on the validity and relevance of the Court judgement.
Predictably, the affected group perceives the judgement as a “judicial

overreach”, which tends to dilute the provisions framed by the
legislature and vociferously demand the rescinding of the said order

relating to arrests of persons under the Act.

There is another school of thought that propagates the judgements as a relief
to those who are victims of perceived misuse of this Act. The Court

maintains that the judgement in no way dilutes the Dalit Atrocities Act per se.

11. JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED

‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ is a legal maxim that has been controversial
on parts of its attributor. According to ‘Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of

Quotations’, it has been stated by William Ewart Gladstone. According to
some sources, William Penn has expressed it in the form “to delay justice is
injustice”. It denotes that a legal redress available to a party in a trial must be

provided within a reasonable time. If justice is not done to the sufferer within
such time, it is considered the same as having no legal redress at all. Law and
order in a country are meant to solve the problems and inconveniences

suffered by its people. For bringing justice to them, the judicial system of a
country should be more efficient, responsive and quick in its administration.

But, in order to provide justice to a person, it takes a lot of time due to many
unnecessary reasons.