{"id":44376,"date":"2016-08-14T09:29:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T03:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=44376"},"modified":"2016-08-14T09:47:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T04:17:24","slug":"pil-for-action-against-cow-vigilantes-for-violent-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pil-for-action-against-cow-vigilantes-for-violent-acts","title":{"rendered":"PIL for action against cow vigilantes for violent acts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/cow-vigilantes-.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" data-attachment-id=\"44377\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pil-for-action-against-cow-vigilantes-for-violent-acts\/cow-vigilantes\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/cow-vigilantes-.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"296,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cow vigilantes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/cow-vigilantes-.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44377\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/cow-vigilantes-.jpg?resize=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cow vigilantes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/cow-vigilantes-.jpg?w=296&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/cow-vigilantes-.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a>A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre and some states to take action against so-called cow vigilantes, who are allegedly spreading violence and committing atrocities against Dalits and minorities.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL, filed by Congress activist Tehseen S Poonawalla, said the violence committed by these &#8216;Gau Raksha&#8217; groups have reached to such proportions that even Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently declared them as people who are &#8220;destroying the society&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It alleged these groups were committing atrocities against Dalits and minorities in the name of protection of cows and other bovines and they needed to be &#8220;regulated and banned in the interest of social harmony, public morality and law and order in the country&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The menace caused by the so-called cow protection groups is spreading fast to every nook and corner of the country and is creating disharmony among various communities and castes,&#8221; the petition said.<\/p>\n<p>It also sought a direction to remove the alleged &#8220;violent content&#8221; uploaded on social media and hosted by the cow protection groups.<\/p>\n<p>The plea sought to declare as &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; section 12 of the Gujarat Animal Prevention Act, 1954, Section 13 of Maharashtra Animal Prevention Act, 1976, and Section 15 of Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation Act, 1964, which provide for protection of persons acting in good faith under the Act or rules.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These laws and the protection granted therewith act as a catalyst to violence perpetrated by these vigilante groups,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL has arrayed as parties Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, governments of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Jharkhand.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking action against the vigilantes, the petition said the atrocities committed by them were punishable under various provisions of IPC and under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of atrocities) Act, 1989.<\/p>\n<p>It alleged that in many cases, the police and other probe agencies were either &#8220;complicit in such illegal actions or have merely been mute spectators against such evil&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The plea said the actions of these groups were in complete violation of Article 21 of the Constitution as it takes away the victims&#8217; &#8220;Right to life and personal liberty&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre and some states to take action against so-called cow vigilantes, who are allegedly spreading violence and committing atrocities against Dalits and minorities. 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