{"id":53867,"date":"2018-09-07T13:12:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T07:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=53867"},"modified":"2018-09-07T13:12:45","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T07:42:45","slug":"supreme-court-asks-all-state-to-appoint-senior-police-officer-to-stop-cow-vigilantism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-asks-all-state-to-appoint-senior-police-officer-to-stop-cow-vigilantism","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court asks, all state to appoint senior police officer to stop cow vigilantism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"159\" data-attachment-id=\"53868\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-asks-all-state-to-appoint-senior-police-officer-to-stop-cow-vigilantism\/download-10\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/download-5.jpg?fit=318%2C159&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"318,159\" 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=\"download\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/download-5.jpg?fit=318%2C159&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/download-5.jpg?resize=318%2C159&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/download-5.jpg?w=318&amp;ssl=1 318w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/download-5.jpg?resize=150%2C75&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/download-5.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all state governments\u00a0to appoint a senior police officer for each district\u00a0to effectively deal with\u00a0incidents of cow vigilantism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra\u00a0the chief secretaries and DGPs of states to file status reports on action taken to prevent such cases.\u00a0The bench, also comprising Justices Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar, asked the Centre to respond to the submission that it (central government) could issue directions under Article 256 of the Constitution of India to all state governments on issues related to law and order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court, however, declined to grant any immediate relief on the petitioners\u2019 plea to ask the Centre to direct states, under Article 256 of the Constitution, to deal firmly with such incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The apex court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, seeking various reliefs, including a direction to all the governments to take preventive measures against cow vigilantism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all state governments\u00a0to appoint a senior police officer for each district\u00a0to effectively deal with\u00a0incidents of cow vigilantism. 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