Witch-Hunt Still Prevalent In Many States; Need Special Law To Tackle It: Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]

Witch hunting is the most dehumanising act and is one of the worst forms of human rights violations, the Bench said.Taking note of the prevalence of the inhuman and barbaric practice of witch hunting in Assam and other North-East states, the Gauhati High Court has observed that branding of a man or a woman as a witch and then resorting to witch hunting is the most dehumanising act and is one...