States can relax rules under law meant for SCs, STs: SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that states can relax rules framed by the Centre under the special law meant to protect Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The apex court made the ruling while upholding a notification issued by the Bihar government, authorising all the senior police officers to investigate cases under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.