Untouchability Offenses Act
1955, India
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influence on status of the Scheduled Castes
- In Dalit
…support of these efforts, the Untouchability (Offenses) Act (1955) provides penalties for preventing anyone from enjoying a wide variety of religious, occupational, and social rights on the grounds that he or she is from a Scheduled Caste. Despite such measures, the traditional divisions between caste groups persist in some levels…
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