New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to issue nationwide directives for uniform compensation and monitoring cases of mob lynching and cow vigilantism, stating that such an approach would be "unfeasible" and might prove counterproductive to victims.
The bench hearing a petition filed by the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW), observed that law enforcement and redressal mechanisms should be pursued through jurisdictional high courts rather than the apex court engaging in "micromanagement".
But the bench stressed that its directions issued in the Tehseen Poonawalla judgment are binding on all states under Article 141 of the Constitution. "When directions are issued by this court, every court and authority is ob...