Tag: Mob Violence
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New law not enough to stop mob violence
By Amulya Ganguli, Although the Supreme Court has suggested that a law be enacted specifically to deal with the “new normal” of lynchings, it will be advisable to widen the scope of the legal remedy to include all forms of mob violence, even if doubts are likely to remain about the efficacy of the proposed…
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SC for Central advisories to states to stop mob violence, lynching
New Delhi : In a move to stop mob violence and lynching, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to issue advisories to the states explaining the gravity of the situation and listing the measures to be taken to deal with it. For “preventive, remedial and punitive” steps, the court asked the Centre and…
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Communal fault lines leading to mob violence: CPI-M
New Delhi : Blaming failure at the political level for increasing cases of mob violence, the CPI-M has said that communal and sectarian fault lines “which have opened up in our society lead to dehumanising and anarchic violence”. “The unconscionable and brutal violence emanating from the child lifting scare reveals deep social pathologies,” said an…