MPPSC 2016 General Studies Solved Paper-1

(C) By way of the Amendment,a new section 18 A has been inserted in the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989, which does away with the court-imposed requirements of undertaking preliminary inquiry and of procuring approval prior to making an arrest. It also restores the unconditional ban on the grant of anticipatory bail in the event of arrest for an offence under the Act.