<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:times new roman,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-bidi-language:hi">The Supreme Court has put the onus on the states to check incidents of mob violence saying no one can take </span><b style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: times new roman, serif; color: #222222; font-weight: bold;">law</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:times new roman,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-bidi-language:hi"> into their hands. It reserved its verdict on a plea seeking formulation of guidelines to curb such violent incidents in the country. Taking serious note of mob violence, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud yesterday said it cannot be confined to any particular motive. The bench said, they will pass an elaborate order in this regard on the petition.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 22pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:times new roman,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:en-in;mso-bidi-language:hi">During the hearing, the bench observed that the instances of vigilantism </span><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: times new roman, serif; color: #222222; font-weight: bold;">was</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:times new roman,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:en-in;mso-bidi-language:hi"> actually mob violence, which is a crime.</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:times new roman,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-bidi-language:hi"><o:p /></span></b></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:times new roman,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:en-in;mso-bidi-language:hi">Additional Solicitor General P S Narasimha said the Centre was alive to the situation and trying to deal with it.</span></p>