Supreme Court urges Parliament to frame law against lynching

New Delhi, July 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday requested that the Parliament see whether another law can be encircled to battle the hazard of dairy animals vigilantism.

The apex court also underscored that viciousness can't be allowed in the name of cow vigilantism.

"No citizen can take law into their own hands. If there should arise an occurrence of dread and insurgency, the state needs to act decidedly. Brutality can't be permitted," said apex court during the hearing.

The court will next hear the issue on August 28.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on July 3 held its verdict on supplications by social activist Tehseen Poonawalla and Thushar Gandhi, who petitioned the court to start hatred against states that neglected to take measures to combat cow vigilantism.

The seat had additionally named dairy animals vigilantism as 'unsatisfactory' and expressed that swarm lynching is 'past lawfulness issue'.

Tushar had also filed a contempt plea against a few States, blaming them for not upholding the prior requests of the court.

Article 256 of the Constitution, which spells the commitment of States and the Union, gives that the Centre could give fundamental bearings to the States in a given circumstance, yet the Centre had said it could issue warnings to the states as law and order was a state subject.

The apex court had in September a year ago, directed all the state governments and union territories to take active steps to put a full stop to the brutality for the sake of bovine insurance and requesting that they assign unique officers who would keep a strong vigil on the 'vigilante groups'.