Mobocracy can't be allowed to become a new norm: Supreme Court on cow vigilantism
New Delhi, July 17 (IBNS): Condemning the acts of mob lynchings in the name of cow protection, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said mobocracy cannot be allowed to become a new norm in the country, media reports said.
The top court said this while hearing the pleas seeking directions to form guidelines to curb cow vigilantism in the country.
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, who led a three-judge bench, has been quoted by NDTV as saying, "In case of fear and anarchy, the state has to act positively. Violence can't be allowed."
"Horrendous acts of mobocracy cannot be allowed to become a new norm and has to be curbed with iron hands" the court said.
The top court has urged the parliament to formulate laws to prevent such attacks in the name of cow protection. It said the state also has a duty to ensure order and prevent mobocracy.
The apex court has asked the states and the Union Territories to come with a compliance report within four weeks.
In the wake of several mob lynching incidents in various parts of the country, the petitions were filed by social activist Tehseen Poonawalla and Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
Tushar Gandhi had filed a contempt plea on several states for not following the top court's previous order to curb vigilantism.
On Sept 6, 2017, the Supreme Court had asked all the states to take stern measures to stop violence in the name of cow protection, including appointing of senior police officers as nodal officer in every district within a week and acting promptly to check cow vigilantes from behaving like they are "law unto themselves"
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