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L 8ConfrontingMarginalism (Notes)

Article 17 of the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability, ensuring that Dalits have the right to education, access to temples, and public facilities. Assertive Dalit Groups emerged in the 1980s to demand equal treatment and stricter laws against violence towards Dalits, while the reservation policy aims to improve opportunities for marginalized communities through quotas in education and employment. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act of 1989 categorizes crimes against these groups into humiliation, land dispossession, and specific crimes against women, with provisions for punishment.

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L 8ConfrontingMarginalism (Notes)

Article 17 of the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability, ensuring that Dalits have the right to education, access to temples, and public facilities. Assertive Dalit Groups emerged in the 1980s to demand equal treatment and stricter laws against violence towards Dalits, while the reservation policy aims to improve opportunities for marginalized communities through quotas in education and employment. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act of 1989 categorizes crimes against these groups into humiliation, land dispossession, and specific crimes against women, with provisions for punishment.

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Confronting

L-8 CONRONTING MARGINALISATION

1. What does Article 17 ensure?


Answer- Article 17 of our constitution ensures that untouchability has been abolished i.e no one
can preven Dalits from educating themselves, entering temples and using public facilities et. The
article states that is wrong to practice untouchability and that untouchability is a punishable
crime.

2. What were the demands of Assertive Dalit Groups?


Answer- The Assertive Dalit Groups came into being in 1980’s in parts of Southern India to
rights
assert their against Exploitation.
a) They refused to perform their so- called caste duties and insisted on being treated as equal.
b) Dalit groups also demanded new laws that would list the various sorts of violence against
Dalits and prescribe stringent punishment for those who indulge in them.

3. Write a short note on the reservation policy.


Answer – The reservation Policy in India basically a government initiative of setting aside a
certain percentage of seats in government jobs and educational institutes for members belonging
to Scheduled tribes, Scheduled Castes and other backward class. Hence , reservation is like a
quota which is governed by constitutional laws, statutory laws and local rules and regulation.
This is being done to bring these marginalized people to a higher level, considering the fact that
they had been exploited over centuries.
The reservation policy has had a mixed response even since it came into force. On the one hand
where it tries to bring down the gap between the rich classes and poor classes, it has also been
criticized for not adhering to the merit –based system.

4. List two Fundamental Rights in the Constitution that Dalits can draw upon to insist that they
be treated with dignity and as equals.
Answer -The two fundamental rights that Dalits can draw upon to insist that they be treated with
dignity and as equals are:
Right to Equality: All persons are equal before the law. No citizen can be discriminated against
on the basis of his or her socioeconomic background, caste, religion etc. Every person has equal
right of access to all public places.
Right to Freedom: This includes the right to freedom of speech and expression, the right to
move freely, the right to form associations, the right to reside in any part of the country and the
right to practise any kind of profession, occupation or business.

5. What are the different levels of crimes distinguished by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
tribes Act of 1989?
Answer- The act distinguishes several levels of crimes:-
1) Crime against the humiliation:- Firstly it lists the mode of humiliation that are both
physically horrific and morally reprehensible and seeks to punish those who force a member of
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for physical or moral harassment.
2) Crime related to dispossession of land:- Secondly, it lists actions that dispossesses Dalits
and Adivasis of their mearge land or which force them into performing slave labour. Hence, the
Act implies punishment to those who wrongfully or illegally occupy any land possessed by a
member of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

3) Crime against Dalit and Tribal Women:- At the third level, the Act recognizes that crimes
against Dalit and tribal women which are of a specific kind and therefore, seeks to penalize those
who assault or use force on any woman belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes.

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