Tag: Legislative History

• Protection of Civil Rights Act: Part 1

  Feb 13

  Between 1955 and 1976 activist organisations and MPs push for committed implementation of the UOA while demanding an amednment act. The Elayaperumal Committee report recommends sweeping legal reforms. MPs in… more ›

• Untouchability (Offences) Act 1955: Part 3 Civil Rights or Criminal law?

  Feb 4

  Parliamentarians disagreed with each other about whether the UOA would be sufficient or necessary to realise equal civil rights for Dalit citizens. They expressed dissent with a simple penal approach… more ›