The Central government is reportedly likely to file a review petition in the Supreme Court in the apex court's recent order diluting certain provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had recently stated that he had instructed his Ministry officials “to examine the desirability of filing a review petition in the case.”

It was also reported that the government was ready with the papers to file a review petition in the case.

A delegation of Dalit Ministers and MPs led by Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed issues arising out of the Supreme Court's order.

On the same day, leaders of several opposition parties met President Ram Nath Kovind and sought his intervention to press the government to file a review petition before the Supreme Court over its verdict diluting the SC/ST Act.

The delegation included leaders from the Congress, the Communist Party of India-Marxist, the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Samajwadi Party, the DMK and the Nationalist Congress Party.