'We need to buffer up criminal justice system to suit a growing population'

With the new law, you really are creating a new area which the police have to learn and execute, says senior advocate Sidharth Luthra

The Supreme Court recently recommended the framing of a new law by Parliament to punish lynching offenders in response to rising incidents of deaths caused by mob violence across the country. However, according to senior advocate Sidharth Luthra, adding a parallel set of provisions when existing penal code provisions cover an incident of hurt or of unlawful death very well is not the solution. He tells Ritwik Sharma that a tightening of procedural provisions coupled with a more efficacious and speedy prosecution might be the answer. Excerpts from an interview:

Do you think the existing provisions in the Indian Penal Code