Criminal Law News Top Law News SC says Mob Lynching is a crime, no Matter What the Motive July 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) said today that mob lynching is a crime no matter what the motive is and added that it is a law and order issue that is the responsibility of state governments, reported news agencies. That is, the apex court said whether a lynching happens as a result of cow […] Read more » cow vigilantism lynching
Criminal Law News Top Law News HC issues notice to state government in Assam lynching case June 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Guwahati: In Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, the Gauhati High Court has issued notices to state government officials asking them to apprise it of steps taken to nab the culprits in lynching incident. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Ajit Singh and Justice Achintya Malla Bujorbarua, which took suo motu cognisance of the incident in which two […] Read more » Abhijeet Nath (30) Assam lynching featured Gauhati HC lynching Nilotpal Das (29)
Top Law News Seven held guilty for lynching five Dalits in Haryana August 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A district court here on Saturday held seven people guilty and acquitted 19 others in a case relating to the 2002 lynching of five Dalits in this Haryana district. The punishment for the convicts will be announced on Monday. All the seven people held guilty were sent to judicial custody by Additional District and Sessions […] Read more » five Dalits lynching