According to the Karnataka High Court, the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 is prospective, and acts committed prior to its enactment cannot be tried in court retrospectively. The single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit was hearing a petition invoking inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C., 1973
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