Overview

• Justice Pranay Verma directed authorities to ensure no effigy of Raghuwanshi or any individual is burned during the festival on October 2.
• The order instructs the district collector, police commissioner and the local station house officer to prevent any such acts.
• The court held that public humiliation of an accused would be impermissible in a democracy and would violate fundamental rights to equality and life with dignity.
• Indore group Paurush had planned an 11-headed ‘Surpanakha dahan’ featuring images of women accused in spousal killings, but its convener said the group will abide by the ruling.
• The prohibition extends to effigies of women facing cases from other states, while the Meghalaya homicide investigation involving Raghuwanshi remains ongoing without a conviction.