National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

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....ermine.] (3) The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other Members of the Commission shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal. (4) The Commission shall have the power to regulate its own procedure. (5) It shall be the duty of the Commission- (a) to investigate and monitor all matters relating to the safeguards provided for the Scheduled Castes ^6[***] under this Constitution or under any other law for the time being in force or under any order of the Government and to evaluate the working of such safeguards; (b) to inquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Castes ^7[***]; (c) to participate and advise on the ....

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....ions relating to the State and the reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations. (8) The Commission shall, while investigating any matter referred to in sub-clause (a) or inquiring into any complaint referred to in sub-clause (b) of clause (5), have all the powers of a civil court trying a suit and in particular in respect of the following matters, namely:- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person from any part of India and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document; (c) receiving evidence on affidavits; (d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office; (e) issuing commissions for the ....

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.....e.f. 12-03-1992, before it was read as, "(3)" 4. Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (89th Amendment) Act, 2003 dated 28-09-2003 w.e.f. 19-02-2004, before it was read as,  "^1[National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.]" 5. Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (89th Amendment) Act, 2003 dated 28-09-2003 w.e.f. 19-02-2004, before it was read as,  "(1) There shall be a Commission for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to be known as the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. (2) Subject to the provisions of any law made in this behalf by Parliament, the Commission shall consist of a ....