The Supreme Court of India says the incidents of mob lynching and cow vigilantism cannot be allowed to become a new norm, and asks the parliament to consider enacting a new law with provision for deterrent punishment to effectively deal with such incidents.
In the first ever prosecution in a case of lynching over cow vigilantism, a fast track court in Jharkhand sentences 11 people to life imprisonment. Among those awarded punishment is BJP leader Nityanand Mahto.
The Supreme Court of India says the incidents of mob lynching and cow vigilantism cannot be allowed to become a new norm, and asks the parliament to consider enacting a new law with provision for deterrent punishment to effectively deal with such incidents.
In the first ever prosecution in a case of lynching over cow vigilantism, a fast track court in Jharkhand sentences 11 people to life imprisonment. Among those awarded punishment is BJP leader Nityanand Mahto.
