Will make rules tougher to curb hate crimes: SC

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The Supreme Court Friday said it will strengthen its 2018 guidelines for dealing with mob violence, hate speeches and lynching to ensure that culprits are dealt with equally, irrespective of their communities for their public utterances spreading bigotry.

In a significant verdict on a plea by activist Tehseen Poonawalla, the SC on July 7, 2018, issued a slew of guidelines to curb hate crimes, and directed governments to take preventive measures like appointment of nodal officers in each district to keep a tab on such activities.

The SC on Friday asked the Centre to collate details from states and UTs on compliance of its 2018 verdict in three weeks.

"These guidelines of 2018 are fairly elaborate ones. We will be adding more to it and not subtract anything," the bench said, as it pointed out that CCTV cameras, a deterrent factor in such crimes, can be installed at the vulnerable places.

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