The Supreme Court on July 28 asked the Centre and at least six States to respond to a plea about lynchings and mob violence refusing to stop.
The plea said gruesome incidents of mob fury and vigilantism continue to happen despite a five-year-old apex court judgment, which had made the government machinery squarely accountable for protecting the lives of victims, including minority community members.
Appearing before a Bench led by Justice B. R. Gavai, senior advocate Kapil Sibal began by requesting the court not to tell him to go to the High Courts.
