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  • Maha govt tells SC it has agreed to CBI probe into Palghar lynching case

    Maha govt tells SC it has agreed to CBI probe into Palghar lynching case

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    New Delhi: The Maharashtra government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has already recommended a CBI probe into the alleged lynching of three persons in Palghar district in 2020.

    Following the state’s submission, the court disposed of four petitions on the issue.

    A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha took note of the fresh affidavit of the state government that a communication to this effect (regarding the CBI probe) has already been issued by it.

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    “In view of the decision taken by the state government, no further direction is needed on these petitions at this stage. The petitions are disposed of,” the bench said.

    The pleas demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), alleging that the investigation by the state police was being conducted in a biased manner.

    Earlier, the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi government had opposed the plea for a CBI probe into the incident. Later, with the change of dispensation, the state government agreed to the demand.

    Three people from Kandivali in Mumbai were travelling in a car to attend a funeral in Surat in Gujarat amid the COVID-19-induced nationwide lockdown when their vehicle was stopped and they were attacked and allegedly killed by a mob in Gadchinchile village on the night of April 16, 2020 in the presence of police.

    The victims were identified as Chikne Maharaj Kalpavrukshagiri, 70, Sushil Giri Maharaj, 35, and Nilesh Telgade, 30, who was driving the vehicle.

    Three First Information Reports were registered at Kasa police station following the incident, naming a total of 256 persons.

    The accused against whom charge sheet was filed included 16 juveniles. A total of 44 accused are still in judicial custody.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Mob lynching: SC issues notice to Centre, states on plea seeking fair compensation policy

    Mob lynching: SC issues notice to Centre, states on plea seeking fair compensation policy

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    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from Centre and state governments on a PIL seeking direction to adopt uniform and fair compensation policy for victims of mob lynching in the country.

    A bench of Justices K.M. Joseph and B.V. Nagarathna noted that writ petition, filed by Indian Muslims for Progress and Reforms, has been filed in public interest seeking inter alia the implementation of the directions issued by this court in the case of Tehseen S. Poonawalla v. Union of India and others (2018).

    Advocate Javed R. Shaikh, counsel for the petitioner, drew the court’s attention to the pertinent passage in the aforesaid judgment wherein it was directed that the states shall frame a scheme for the purpose of providing victim compensation in cases of lynching/mob violence under Section 357A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

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    He submitted that certain states have formulated a scheme while many of the states have not done so till date.

    “It was further submitted that the said judgment had given guidelines as to the manner in which the victim compensation scheme had to be formulated inasmuch as the state governments have to give due regard to the nature of the bodily injury, psychological injury and loss of earnings including other opportunities such as loss of educational opportunities and expenses incurred on account of the suffering due to the mob lynching/ mob violence”, noted the top court, in its order.

    “In this regard it was submitted that the endeavour of the petitioner is to seek implementation of the directions issued by this court in the aforesaid judgment and further to have as far as possible a uniform policy for grant of exgratia compensation to the victims of hate crime/mob lynching”.

    After hearing the counsel, the bench said: “We issue notice to the respondents. The respondents are directed to file their respective affidavits with regard to the implementation of the directions issued in the aforesaid case and the manner in which it has been done. The said affidavit shall be filed within a period of eight weeks from the date of the service of notice.”

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )