-The Hindu Court shocked by rule allowing civil society groups to stop vehicles, seize animals New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Rajasthan government to come clean about its investigation into the July 20 Alwar lynching case in which the victim, Rakbar Khan, died of injuries while police officers allegedly took time off to herd his cows to a gaushala before taking him to hospital. The incident took place just days...
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SC asks states to file report on dealing with cow vigilantism, lynchings within one week
-Hindustan Times The court noted that only 11 states had filed compliance reports. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked all states to comply with its directions to deal with incidents of cow vigilantism and Mob Lynching, reported news agency PTI. Noting that only 11 states had filed compliance reports following its July 17 verdict on cow vigilantism, the court asked the remaining states to file their reports within one week. “If reports...
More »Lynch panel meets on suggestions
-The Telegraph New Delhi: A group of ministers led by Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday deliberated on the recommendations that a panel had submitted last week as part of efforts to check lynchings following a Supreme Court prod to end such "acts of mobocracy". Among the suggestions that the panel, headed by Union home secretary Rajiv Gauba, had come up with was tightening of existing laws and action against India...
More »Probe Hapur lynching: Supreme Court
-The Hindu Court rejects road rage theory of U.P. police. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday did not buy the Uttar Pradesh Police’s version that the Hapur lynching of two men by cow vigilantes, leading to the death of one of them, was a “road rage” incident which turned fatal. Instead, a Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, ordered the Inspector General of Police, Meerut division, to conduct a...
More »How widespread is WhatsApp's usage in India? -Sanjay Kumar and Pranav Kumar
-Livemint.com The share of WhatsApp users in rural India has doubled over the past year amid declining data costs and increasing internet usage, shows survey data New Delhi: The recent incidents of mob violence and lynchings reported across the country have thrown the spotlight on WhatsApp, the messaging platform used to spread rumours against the victims. But how widespread is the use of WhatsApp in the country today? Or, how far can the...
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