Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday took exception to the fact that only 11 of the 29 states and seven union territories have filed reports regarding compliance of its order directing them to take steps to deal with mob lynchings and cow vigilantism.
A Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud granted the last opportunity to the defaulting states and UTs, warning if they did not file their reports within a week, then their home secretaries will have to appear in person before court.
During the hearing, the Centre informed the court that an empowered Group of Ministers has been set up to consider framing a law on mob violence following the cow vigilantism verdict.
The Bench was hearing a plea by Congress leader Tehseen Poonawala seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Rajasthan officials including the Chief Secretary and the police chief for alleged violation of the top court’s verdict in the alleged lynching of dairy farmer Rakbar Khan on July 20.
On July 17, the top court had said that “horrendous acts of mobocracy” cannot be allowed to overrun the law of the land and issued a slew of guidelines to deal with mob lynching and cow vigilantism.
It had then also asked the Centre to consider enacting a new law to sternly deal with such incidents.
Two suspected ISJK terrorists arrested near Delhi’s Red Fort: Police
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Two suspected terrorists associated with Islamic State in Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) have been arrested here by Delhi Police’s Special Cell, said a senior police official on Friday.
The duo, hailing from Kashmir, was arrested near the Red Fort area on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, he added.
They were associated with ISJK, the terror outfit influenced by Islamic State ideology, the official said.
