CLPR is organising a workshop for lawyers from Kerala on The Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes (Prevention Of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and the Rules on 4th September, 2021.

In the course of its efforts in research, public interest lawyering, and advocacy, CLPR has taken various initiatives in the past that have aimed at better implementation of the laws relating to caste discrimination in India, focusing on four Southern states – Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. Even after the enactment of laws, there is poor implementation of these legislations. Among the speakers are Jayna Kothari, Senior Advocate, Karnataka High Court, Preetha K K, Senior Government Pleader, High Court of Kerala, and Dhanya Raman, Social Activist. Jayna Kothari will be giving overview of the SC/ST(Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 and its Rules.  Preetha will be talking about the role of community and judiciary in enforcement of the Act & Dhanya Rama will be sharing challenges faced by the victims during the implementation of the Act at the grassroot level.

The objective behind this workshop is to understand the law better, discuss how the High Court orders in cases of caste-discrimination laws can be better implemented on the ground, and understand the challenges that activists face on the same.

To register for this workshop, click here.