The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central government and all states in a petition seeking implementation of its 2018 judgment in Tehseen S Poonawalla v. Union of India, wherein it laid down directions to tackle mob lynching in the country.
A Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta issued notice in a petition filed by Anti-Corruption Council of India Trust.
In Tehseen Poonawalla, the Supreme Court had urged the Centre to come out with a legislation to curb mob lynching. The judgment is replete with observations made against those who resort to mob violence under the garb of being “self-assumed and self-appointed protectors of law.”
The Court has also touched upon how the underlying issue relates to acceptance of plurality and the freedom of speech and expression in a democracy. Further, the Court has emphasised that crimes of mob lynching should be viewed in religion-neutral terms.
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