Anand Sir had predicted at that very time that Parliament would overturn the Supreme Court’s judgment.
In the last 5 years: 247,000 cases were filed under the SC/ST Act; only 20,210 cases ended in conviction; and as many as 34,300 were closed as false.
The Supreme Court, quick to flag the low conviction rate in UAPA cases, is mysteriously silent when it comes to the SC/ST act.