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Centre to issue warnings on lynchings
Why is it in news
- The Centre assured the Supreme Court that the Union and State governments would, within a week will frame warnings.
- It will start broadcasting on radio and TV a stern message that mob lynchings and violence would invite the “wrath of law”.
- The Centre’s promise came in response to a query by a Bench led by Chief Justice of India on whether the court’s directions on the matter had been complied with.
- On July 17, the Supreme Court had directed the Centre and the State governments to disseminate using radio, television and other media platforms, including the official websites of the Home Department and through State police, the message that “lynching and mob violence of any kind shall invite serious consequences under the law”.
The gravity of the acts
- The court also directed the State governments to not lag in compliance and follow the direction “absolutely religiously within a week from today”.
- The court noted that eight States and Union Territories were yet to file reports indicating their compliance with the July 17 verdict.
- It asked them to file it in three days.
Source
The Hindu