Section 4 SC ST Act in Hindi - English

 Section 4 The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 in Hindi and English

Section 4 SC ST Act: “Punishment for neglect of duties”–

Whoever, being a public servant but not being a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, wilfully neglects his duties required to be performed by him under this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to one year.

High Courts / Supreme Court of India Important Judgments Related to Section 4 of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989: 

Gangula Ashok And Anr vs State Of Andhra Pradesh on 28 January, 2000 - Supreme Court of India 

Vidyadharan vs State Of Kerala on 14 November, 2003 - Supreme Court of India  

Vidyadharan vs State Of Kerala on 14 November, 2003 - Supreme Court of India 

National Campaign On D.H. Rights  vs Union Of India & Ors on 15 December, 2016 - Supreme Court of India 

Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan vs The State Of Maharashtra on 20 March, 2018 - Supreme Court of India  

Referring Officer Rep. By State vs Shekar Nair @ Guru And Ors. on 23 April, 1999 - Andhra High Court  

State Of Karnataka vs Nagappa on 17 March, 1995 - Karnataka High Court 

Referring Officer vs Sc 1/96 To 32/95 (Annexure-I) on 23 April, 1999 - Andhra High Court  

Thati Venkata Nagaraju vs State Of A.P.Rep.By P.P. High  on 6 March, 2015 - Andhra High Court  

Arabinda Panda vs State Of Orissa on 12 September, 1996 - Orissa High Court  

Ram Pal vs State Of Rajasthan on 21 November, 1997 - Rajasthan High Court 

Laxmi Narayan Verma vs State Of Chhattisgarh 44 on 15 July, 2019 - Chattisgarh High Court  

Gangula Ashok And Anr vs State Of Andhra Pradesh on 28 January, 2000 - Supreme Court of India  

Dr. Ashok Kumar Agrawal vs State Of U.P. & Others on 23 August, 2018 - Allahabad High Court 

Sukhminder Singh And Another vs Balraj Singh on 21 July, 2009 - Punjab-Haryana High Court 

Section 4 of SC ST Act 1989 in Hindi / अनुसूचित जाति और अनुसूचित जनजाति (अत्याचार निवारण) अधिनियम की धारा 4 का विवरण : कर्तव्यों की उपेक्षा के लिए दंड-

कोई भी लोक सेवक, जो अनुसूचित जाति या अनुसूचित जनजाति का सदस्य नहीं है इस अधिनियम के अधीन उसके द्वारा पालन किए जाने के लिए अपेक्षित अपने कर्तव्यों की जानबूझकर उपेक्षा करेगा, वह कारावास से, जिसकी अवधि छह मास से कम नहीं होगी किंतु जो एक वर्ष तक की हो सकेगी, दंडनीय होगा।

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