Public debate needed for law on hate crimes, says retired Supreme Court judge

Public debate needed for law on hate crimes, says retired Supreme Court judge
Public debate needed for law on hate crimes, says retired Supreme Court judge
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The News Minute | October 19, 2014 | 4.36 pm IST

There needs to be a public debate on hate crimes and the necessity of a law to control such crimes, says a retired Supreme Court judge.

Retired Supreme Court judge Mukundakam Sharma said on Saturday said that the assault on two north-eastern youths by local people in Gurgaon was “deplorable” and that there was a need to publicly debate crimes arising from racial prejudice.

He said that the provision to reserve 10 percent of funds from each union ministry for the development of the north-eastern states was not effectively utilised.

On October 15, two men from Nagaland were beaten up in Gurgaon, and a day before that, three Manipuri students. 

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