Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin emphasized expediting legal processes under existing laws like the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, CrPC, and IPC, instead of enacting new legislation to prevent crimes related to inter-caste marriages. Addressing a motion in the Legislative Assembly about an attack on the CPI(M) office in Tirunelveli over an inter-caste marriage, Stalin announced the appointment of special public prosecutors and proposed assigning Deputy Superintendents of Police as investigation officers to give these cases priority.
Tamil Nadu CM Advocates Faster Legal Action Over New Laws for Inter-Caste Marriage Crimes
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