Kunja Sahu v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Single Judge allowed interim application for conversion of BLAPL to CRLA relying on Section 14-A of the SC/ST Act and a Full Bench ruling.
What did the court decide?
Registry directed to re-register the case as CRLA and place it before the assigned Bench.
What the court decided
BLAPL No. 332 of 2019
I.A. No. 437 of 2019
- 12.04.2019 This is an application for conversion of the BLAPL to CRLA.
In view of the provision under section 14-A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 as amended by Amendment Act, 2015 and the decision of the Full Bench of Allahabad High Court in case of In re Provision of Section 14A of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015 -Vrs.- Nil reported in 2018 Criminal Law Journal 5010 (FB) , I am inclined to accept the prayer made by the petitioners in this interim application.
Registry is directed to re-register this case as CRLA and place the matter before the assigned Bench.
The I.A. is accordingly disposed of.
………………….. S. K. Sahoo, J.
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Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the application for conversion of BLAPL to CRLA should be accepted in light of Section 14-A of the SC/ST Act and the Full Bench decision.
Coram
S. K. Sahoo
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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