New Delhi, July 3 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved judgment on all kind of vigilantism, including lynching in the name of cow protection.
Headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and also comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, the bench heard in great detail the arguments and submissions from all the respective parties.
The apex court held the state machinery responsible for the mob fury.
It reserved its verdict on pleas seeking directions to formulate guidelines to curb such violence, said that no one can take law into their own hands.
The Supreme Court termed vigilantism as a law and order issue and held that each state has to be responsible for such acts.
The bench further observed that the instances of vigilantism were actually mob violence, which was a crime.
Appearing for the Union of India, Additional Solicitor General P S Narasimha said the Centre was aware of the situation and trying to deal with it, adding that the main concern was to maintain law and order.
The apex court, on September 6 last year, had asked all the state governments to take stern steps to stop violence in the name of cow protection. The court had also directed states to appoint senior police officers as nodal personnel in every district, acting promptly to check cow vigilantes from behaving like they are a ‘law unto themselves.’
The Supreme Court had also sought a response from Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments on a plea seeking contempt action for not following its order to take stern steps to stop violence in the name of cow vigilantism. The petition was filed by Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of Father of the Republic Mahatma Gandhi, asserting that the three states had not complied with the apex court order of September 6 last year.
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