Court sets aside 2016 order of the commission on a plea filed by a govt. employeeThe State Commission for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) is not empowered in law to adjudicate and decide disputes between parties and pronounce its orders either interim or final as it is neither a tribunal nor a court, the High Court of Karnataka has said. “The commission cannot be construed to be a tribunal or a forum discharging the functions of a judicial character or court. Siddalingaswamy, a Superintendent working in the Office of the Director, Department of Pre-University Education, had questioned the 2016 order of the commission on a plea filed by K.R. Muralidhar, also a Superintendent in the same office.

Source: The Hindu December 24, 2020 23:10 UTC