CJI calls 2018 Supreme Court hate crime directions "unmanageable," advocating for case-specific actions to protect individual rights.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday (February 23, 2026) referred to “general directions” issued by the Supreme Court in a 2018 judgment to the Centre and States to prevent and prosecute cow vigilantism and mobocracy as “unmanageable”.
Rather, the CJI observed in favour of an individualistic approach, taking up each crime on its singular facts and merits, and acting on any infraction of a person’s right or abuse of law with immediate effect.
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