Odisha has become a 'disturbed' state under BJP rule: BJDThe BJD has accused the BJP government of turning Odisha into a disturbed state. Senior leaders highlighted recent murders and violence, cl...
Abhi-Neel lynching: 20 get life term in AssamTwenty individuals have received life sentences for the mob lynching of Nilotpal Das and Abhijit Nath in Assam. The Nagaon District and Ses...
Assam court convicts 20, acquits 25 in mob lynching case of Nilotpal Das and Abhijit NathA Nagaon court has convicted 20 individuals in the lynching of Abhijit Nath and Nilotpal Das. This verdict comes eight years after the inci...
J&K man missing after 'attacked by cow vigilantes'; SIT probe underway, highway blocked in protestA protest blocked the National Highway in Banihal after Tanvir Ahmad Chopan went missing. Family alleges he was thrashed by cow vigilantes ...
SC junks Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind' s plea to pay compensation to victims of mob lynchingThe Supreme Court has rejected a plea from Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind seeking compensation for mob lynching victims. The court directed the petiti...
SC advises against selective highlighting of mob lynching instances via PILIt particularly enquired about murder of Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor in Udaipur, who was killed in 2022 for allegedly sharing a social media pos...
View: Don't let murderers hide behind mobsBNS, which will replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code (IPC), proposes three options for punishing those in a lynch mob that has commit...
Palghar mob lynching case: Maharashtra government agrees to transfer investigation to CBIMaharashtra government on Tuesday agreed to transfer investigation of the 2020 Palghar mob lynching case to the Central Bureau of Investiga...
Uttar Pradesh government to examine anti-lynching proposal soonA senior home ministry official in the state said on condition of anonymity that the department will soon take up the mob lynching bill, ev...
States’ views sought on need for mob lynching lawThe matter came up in the Upper House with Tiruchi Siva asking the govt why the President of India has not yet given assent to the Bills on...
Bill against lynching introduced in Rajasthan AssemblyThe Rajasthan Protection from Lynching Bill, 2019 puts those who conspire or help in the act in the same category as those who commit mob l...
Lynching: SC notice to centre, states for non-implementation of its directionsThe directions were passed on the PIL by Congress activist Tehsin Poonavall who had brought the issue of rising incidents of mob lynching a...
Supreme Court asks states, UTs to comply with its order on cow vigilantism, mob lynchingThe Supreme Court Monday asked all states and Union Territories to comply with its directions on curbing cow vigilantism and mob lynching.
Mob lynching: Centre may amend existing lawsProvisions could be included in various sections of the IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act to cover lynching as an “aggravated form” of offence to ...
Centre mulls changes in IPC to deal with mob lynchingIf the IPC is amended, the government will not have to bring a stand alone law on mob lynching.
Assam lynching case: Police arrest main accused who incited mobAssam Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia said that police have arrested the prime accused in mob lynching case, identified as Alpha...
Amid tensions, activists propose new law against lynchingThe activists, who would unveil the draft on Friday, would write to PM Narendra Modi asking him to introduce the legislation in the forthco...