New Delhi, Jan 8 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre on a plea seeking direction for the appointment of full-term chairman and vice-chairman of the National Commissions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The plea said the role of the constitutional bodies was pivotal for taking into account the issues related to atrocities upon the oppressed communities.

A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian sought a reply from the Centre and others, after hearing advocate Rajesh Inamdar, on a PIL by NGO 'People's Charioteer Organisation'.

The petitioners said the role of constitutional bodies was pivotal for taking into account the issues related to atrocities upon the oppressed communities.
The headless-Commissions had been reduced to paper-tigers and were fast losing their relevance, becoming non-functional and were reduced to a window-dressing, it claimed.