https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296874 Rule 4(5) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995, read with Section 15 of the Act, is treated as a special mechanism for effective prosecution of atrocity cases. It enables the District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate, where the victim so desires, to engage an eminent senior advocate as Special Public Prosecutor, and this power is not confined to the Government panel under Rule 4(1). The text states that the victim's request for a chosen advocate is maintainable, and that a refusal resting only on lack of jurisdiction is unsustainable. en-us Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 09 Aug 2021 20:38:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296874 Rule 4(5) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995, read with Section 15 of the Act, is treated as a special mechanism for effective prosecution of atrocity cases. It enables the District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate, where the victim so desires, to engage an eminent senior advocate as Special Public Prosecutor, and this power is not confined to the Government panel under Rule 4(1). The text states that the victim's request for a chosen advocate is maintainable, and that a refusal resting only on lack of jurisdiction is unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296874