Palghar, Alwar and Beyond: The Anatomy of Lynching Necessitating a Legal Framework

By Mahima Balaji On the night of 16th of April 2020, three men were attacked in the district of Palghar in Maharashtra, India. The men were dragged out of their vehicle and were subjected to brutal violence due to suspicion of them being thieves. The mob that attacked them is estimated to be over 100 … Continue reading Palghar, Alwar and Beyond: The Anatomy of Lynching Necessitating a Legal Framework

The Epidemic of Mob Lynching in India: Analysing Tehseen S. Poonawalla v. Union of India

By Priyadarshee Mukhopadhyay INTRODUCTION “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”  - George Orwell.  Over the last five years, India has been thunderstruck by a growing number of informal public executions or extrajudicial killings commonly recognized under the term “Mob Lynching”. However, … Continue reading The Epidemic of Mob Lynching in India: Analysing Tehseen S. Poonawalla v. Union of India