Mob lynching: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre; 62 celebs including Kangana Ranaut, Prasoon Joshi write to PM Modi against selective outrage, false narratives
Mob lynching: Earlier, Eminent film directors and actors including Adoor Gopalkrishnan, Mani Ratnam, Anurag Kashyap and Aparna Sen, Konkona Sen Sharma, Soumita Chatterjee had written a letter to Modi expressing regret that Jai Shree Ram has become a war cry today
This combination of file photos show actor Kangana Ranaut and lyricist Prasoon Joshi.
Intolerance row: As many as 62 celebrities including actor Kangana Ranaut, lyricist Prasoon Joshi, classical dancer and MP Sonal Mansingh, instrumentalist Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, filmmakers Madhur Bhandarkar and Vivek Agnihotri have written an open letter against selective outrage and false narratives. The move comes after 49 celebrities wrote a letter to the prime minister expressing concerns over the growing incidents of lynching in the country. Eminent film directors and actors including Adoor Gopalkrishnan, Mani Ratnam, Anurag Kashyap and Aparna Sen, Konkona Sen Sharma, Soumita Chatterjee had written a letter to Modi expressing regret that Jai Shree Ram has become a war cry today.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on hearing a PIL seeking implementation of its 2018 judgment (Tehseen S Poonawalla vs Union of India) with respect to mob lynching cases. In the 2018 judgement, the apex court had urged the Centre to come out with a legislation to curb mob lynching in the country. An SC bench comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta issued a notice in a petition filed by Anti-Corruption Council of India Trust.
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