Recently, the Jharkhand High Court directed the state government to file a detailed report on the measures taken by the administration to prevent witch-hunting.
Yesterday, division bench of Chief Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra and Justice Ananda Sen heard a PIL initiated suo motu on the rising number of instances of people being brandished as witches, leading to public humiliation and even death of the victims.
The court asked the government to file a comprehensive report detailing the steps taken to improve the situation.
The Court expressed concern on the said matter and observed that separate enactments have been made by the government to curb the practice of witch-hunting, but nothing much seems to have been achieved.
The bench also said that superstition has to be dealt with on a massive scale to stop the evil in the society.
Further, the Bench said that people have to be made aware and continuous awareness programmes need to be planned and executed to ensure positive results.
The government informed the court that the maximum number of cases of victims being assaulted and killed were from Gumla district.
The next date of the hearing has been fixed as September 9.
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