NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Central and state governments to a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking to form of a uniform and fair compensation policy for victims of mob lynching in the country.
The notice was issued by the bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna in a plea filed by Indian Muslim for Progress and Reforms which said that discriminatory and arbitrary compensation amounts disbursed by the various states governments in hate crime/mob lynching incidents offend the very foundation of the Rule of Law and equal protection of the law guaranteed to every citizen of this country by the Constitution.
“The discrimination in the grant of compensation to the victims of hate crimes/ mob lynching has a significant impact on the rule of law as it undermines the fundamental principles of equality before Law. The rule of law requires that all the victims of the heinous crime be treated equally under the law, regardless of their religion, race, caste, sex or/and place of birth. Above all, the State is charged to uphold the rule of law, its conduct, therefore, has to be fair and not arbitrary,” the plea stated.
The plea further contended that the current state of ex gratia compensation for victims of hate crimes/ mob lynching granted by various state governments was not consistent with each victim of hate crimes/mob lynching. “The trend of awarding compensation to the victims of hate crime hate crimes/ mob lynching is decided based on the religious affiliation of the victims,” the plea also stated.
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