https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299922 Special Courts under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act remain Courts of Session and cannot take direct cognizance without committal by a Magistrate, because Section 193 of the Code of Criminal Procedure continues to apply absent an express statutory exclusion. Offences under the Act and connected Indian Penal Code offences arising from the same transaction may be tried together in one trial after proper committal. Administrative notifications or circulars cannot create direct-cognizance power contrary to the statutory scheme. Section 3(2)(v) does not extend to murder under Section 302 IPC, and it also does not apply unless the offence was committed on the ground of Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe status. en-us Fri, 23 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 10:52:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299922 Special Courts under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act remain Courts of Session and cannot take direct cognizance without committal by a Magistrate, because Section 193 of the Code of Criminal Procedure continues to apply absent an express statutory exclusion. Offences under the Act and connected Indian Penal Code offences arising from the same transaction may be tried together in one trial after proper committal. Administrative notifications or circulars cannot create direct-cognizance power contrary to the statutory scheme. Section 3(2)(v) does not extend to murder under Section 302 IPC, and it also does not apply unless the offence was committed on the ground of Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe status. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 23 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299922