SC to hear Alwar case on August 28
Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI, JULY 23, 2018 22:41 IST
UPDATED: JULY 23, 2018 22:41 IST
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on August 28 the pleas seeking contempt action against the Rajasthan government in the Alwar mob lynching case. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra observed this orally in an urgent mentioning made by activist Tehseen Poonawala, who alleged that incidents of mob lynching and vigilantism were taking place despite a recent apex court verdict.
Terming lynchings as "horrendous acts of mobocracy", the Supreme Court, in a judgment on July 17, directed several preventive, remedial and punitive measures to deal with lynching and mob violence. It ordered the Centre and the States to implement the measures and file compliance reports within the next four weeks.
Lynchings cannot become the order of the day, the judgment had said.
The judgment had referred to how self proclaimed and self-styled vigilantes brazenly target Dalits and minority community members in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi.
Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI, JULY 23, 2018 22:41 IST
UPDATED: JULY 23, 2018 22:41 IST
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on August 28 the pleas seeking contempt action against the Rajasthan government in the Alwar mob lynching case. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra observed this orally in an urgent mentioning made by activist Tehseen Poonawala, who alleged that incidents of mob lynching and vigilantism were taking place despite a recent apex court verdict.
Terming lynchings as "horrendous acts of mobocracy", the Supreme Court, in a judgment on July 17, directed several preventive, remedial and punitive measures to deal with lynching and mob violence. It ordered the Centre and the States to implement the measures and file compliance reports within the next four weeks.
Lynchings cannot become the order of the day, the judgment had said.
The judgment had referred to how self proclaimed and self-styled vigilantes brazenly target Dalits and minority community members in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi.
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