Cow Vigilantism Unacceptable, Don't Link Victims To Religion: Supreme Court
NEW DELHI: The incidents of cow vigilantism are not acceptable and it's for the states to ensure that such occurrences don't happen, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said today. The Supreme Court also warned against linking mob violence to religion or caste and said "a victim is a victim".
"Nobody can take law into their own hands. It is the obligation of the state's to see these incidents are prevented," he said while hearing petitions on cow vigilantism.
The top court has reserved its verdict on compensation to victims, monitoring cases, fixing responsibility on cow vigilantism.
Last year, the Supreme Court had directed all 29 states and seven union territories (UTs) to take steps to stop violence in the name of cow protection and asked them to appoint officers to go after "vigilante groups".
The top court had also asked the centre -- which had pleaded that law and order was a state subject -- whether under the Constitution, it had the responsibility to ask states to crack down on cow vigilantism.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said, "Let the compliance reports be filed...nobody can wash off their hands (from their duty). We will give directions to all the states."
The top court's directions had come after a petition from Tushar Gandhi, calling for relief from cow vigilantism. Besides Mr Gandhi, Congress leader Tehseen Poonawalla has also filed a similar petition.
Senior advocate Indira Jaising, who had appeared for Mr Gandhi, said the central government be directed to frame a national policy on preventing incidents of cow vigilantism.
She also said there were several judgements, which make compensation mandatory to the victims of such crimes, but the families were yet to receive it.
courtesy : ndtv.com
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Cong govt takes loans, gives it to Sonia Gandhi: Kangana Ranaut
Shimla (PTI): BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Sunday alleged that the Himachal Pradesh government takes loans and gives it to former Congress president Sonia Gandhi which has made the state's coffers "hollow".
Addressing people after launching a BJP membership drive at a village here, the actress-turned-politician said, "Everyone is aware that corruption is prevalent and the Congress-ruling state governments have hollowed their respective states."
She wondered how the party spends "so much" on elections.
Attacking the Congress government headed by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, she said, "They take loans and give it to Sonia Gandhi which has made the state hollow."
"Disasters and Congress government have taken the state decades back and I would appeal to people to root out the present government," Ranaut said.
"If we give disaster funds, it should go to the CM Relief Fund but everyone knows that it goes to the Sonia relief fund," she alleged.
