PRAYAGRAJ, July 26 -- While disposing of a PIL petition filed by Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind seeking compliance with apex court's guidelines for checking incidents of mob lynching, the Allahabad high court has observed that every incident of mob lynching/mob violence is a separate incident and it cannot be monitored in a public interest litigation (PIL).

In its judgment, the court said although the reliefs prayed in the PIL were consistent with the apex court 's guidelines in Tehseen Poonawalla case, they could not be granted through a PIL seeking general oversight over individual incidents.

"Every incident of mob lynching/mob violence is a separate incident and it cannot be monitored in a PIL", the court added. The court, however, in its judgm...