What is SC/ST act over which Dalits called for Bharat Bandh?
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 was implemented to protect the marginalised communities against a number of acts deemed criminal offence. These include public humiliation, parading naked or with body/face paint, insult by dumping excreta in the person's premises and deprivation of right to property, clean drinking water and passage to public place.