The Supreme Court today declined urgent hearing on a plea seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against some States for their alleged failure in curbing lynching incidents.<br />'' <br />'' A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose said there was no urgency to hear the contempt plea.<br />'' <br />'' The bench did not allow the submission of a lawyer that the apex court judgements, laying down guidelines to deal with lynching and cow vigilantism incidents in the country, have not been followed by various state governments and such incidents are rising.<br />'' <br />''<br />''On July 17 last year, a bench headed by then Chief Justice Dipak Misra had said that &quot;horrendous acts of mobocracy&quot; cannot be allowed to overrun the law of the land and issued a slew of guidelines to deal with lynching and cow vigilantism.<br />
News On AIR | July 18, 2019 1:19 PM
SC declines urgent hearing on plea against States over lynching