Equal Before the Law? Six Hard Questions About the SC/ST Act, Answered With Facts
Law · Justice · Citizens' Rights Equal Before the Law? Six Hard Questions About the SC/ST Act, Answered With Facts A viral poster claims India treats terrorists more fairly than ordinary citizens accused under the SC/ST Act. Is that true? Let's test it, question by question. Rakesh Kumar · aradhyastudypoint.blogspot.com 53,372 Cases registered under the SC/ST (PoA) Act in 2023, a five-year high 48,669 Cases registered in 2024 5,192 Convictions in 2024, nearly double the 2,613 in 2020 60%+ Cases ending in acquittal or discharge (The Week's NCRB review) Sources: NCRB data tabled in Rajya Sabha on 30 July 2026 (via SCC Online); The Week, December 2025. A statue of Lady Justice wears a blindfold for a reason: the verdict should depend on evidence, not on caste, religion or status. Yet when an ordinary man in a village is caught in a case he calls false, that blindfold feels very thin. The poster going around social media taps into exactly th...