On Friday, the Supreme Court of India was informed that the websites of various state governments failed to include any of the nodal officials who had been selected in compliance with the rules established by the Supreme Court to stop lynching and other acts of mob violence in referring to the case of Tehseen Poonawalla vs Union of India (AIR-2018).
In this case, journalist and social activist Tehseen S. Poonawalla had filed a writ petition against mob lynching in accordance with Article 32 of the Constitution. It addresses the act of cow vigilantism which was condemned as a social ill in this ruling by the Supreme Court bench, which was headed by the former Chief Justice of India Deepak Mishra. The court also emphasized the responsibility of the respective state governments to prevent such kind of practice. The court laid down a set of guidelines and sanctions on those found to be violating the act.
In its most recent hearing, the court asked for a progress report to provide data of every year starting from 2018 concerning receiving the number of complaints, registration of FIRs, and filing of charge sheets in cases related to mob violence. Additionally, it ordered the Union Home Ministry to provide a report on the matter after organizing a meeting of the Heads of Departments representing all the state governments.
On Friday, Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves earnestly urged the Supreme Court to order state governments to make available compliance data including the recruitment of nodal officials, on their official websites. The court while extending the hearing on the ground of request made noted that many of the states’ counter-affidavits suggested an ‘active effort’ on behalf of them. Currently, a panel consisting of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti is looking into whether the federal and state governments complying with the Tehseen Poonawalla ruling.
Written by: Divyani Newar
College name: NEF Law College
5th Semester, 3 Year LL.B.
An intern under Legal Vidhiya
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