Set up special courts for Dalit cases: Wasnik
April 29th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANSShimla, April 29 (IANS) States should set up special courts to try cases related to atrocities on Dalits, union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik said Friday.
He said a large number of cases were pending in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
In Himachal Pradesh, he said, of 698 cases registered between 2007 and 2009, there was convictions only in 18 cases and 120 acquittals.
“As many as 533 cases are still pending in various courts. This means 76.4 percent of the cases are pending,” Wasnik told reporters here.
In Haryana, of 2,349 cases, there had been convictions in 110 cases, 501 acquittals and 1,736 cases were pending in courts.
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