Witch Hunting: Need For A Central Legislation

Karttikeya Pathak, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies

ABSTRACT

Reality is often stranger and more morbid than fiction. Most people from urban regions are either unaware of, or grossly misinformed about witch hunting as a phenomena, as a result of which, there is evident lack of productive conversation about how this issue can be resolved. There exist certain state legislations as an attempt to curb this practice, they have however, not proven to be enough. A simple solution is to bring in a full-fledged, descriptive and appropriately punitive central legislation, which could curb this practice altogether. Through this paper, I aim to analyse the issue at hand and the legal framework surrounding it and how this problem can be tackled more effectively.

Keywords: witch hunting, state legislation, federalism, issue, legal framework