Acting Chief Justice T. Raja and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy held, the commission could not give unto itself the power to grant injunctions, by amending its Rules of Procedure, after the Supreme Court had interpreted Article 338(8) of the Constitution and held

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The National Commission for the Scheduled Castes (NCSC) can exercise the power of civil courts only for the limited purpose of summoning individuals, requiring production of documents, receiving evidence on affidavits and so on but not for issuing permanent or interim injunctions, the Madras High Court has ruled.

Acting Chief Justice T. Raja and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy held, the commission could not give unto itself the power to grant injunctions, by amending its Rules of Procedure, after the Supreme Court had interpreted Article 338(8) of the Constitution and held categorically that the NCSC was not empowered to do