Judiciary must take proactive steps to stop lynching, punish perpetrators. | The Indian Express

Judiciary must take proactive steps to stop lynching, punish perpetrators. | The Indian Express

Written by Dushyant Dave |Updated: October 19, 2019 12:27:42 pm

The writer is a senior advocate and former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association

Judiciary must take proactive steps to stop lynching, punish perpetrators.

Judicial apathy sends terribly wrong signals to future perpetrators, who may justifiably believe that they may ultimately be acquitted, and in any case will be bailed out pending trials.

The judgment of the SC binds all civil and judicial authorities in the country by virtue of Article 144 of the Constitution.

On January 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an ANI interview spoke on lynchings: “Any such incident does not reflect well on a civilised society… This is totally wrong and condemnable… For improving this situation, we should all work collectively. There should be no such incident in the society.” Later, in June, while speaking in Rajya Sabha, the PM again said, “The lynching (in Jharkhand) has pained me. It has saddened others, too”.