Filing False Suit with Forged Documents Against SC/ST Person Prima Facie Attracts Offence under SC/ST Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has delivered an important judgment clarifying the scope of Section 3(1)(q) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, holding that the offence under the said provision would be prima facie attracted when a false, malicious or vexatious civil suit is filed using forged documents by a non-member of the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe against a member of the SC/ST community.…