Make lynching a separate offence, SC tells Parliament

Asking whether the people of India have lost their tolerance for each other, the Supreme Court on Tuesday condemned the recent spate of lynchings as “horrendous acts of mobocracy” and told Parliament to make lynching a separate offence. The 45-page ... SC lays down guidelines to curb lynchingThe Telegraph India Justice is the law's business, not mobs'Economic Times (blog) New law for mob lynching will drain legislative time, SC order an open invitation to further politicise situationFirstpost Deccan Chronicle -Livemint -Deccan Herald -Times of India

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