NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a plea seeking its direction to ban cow vigilante groups for allegedly “creating disharmony among various communities and castes“ and indulging in mob violence.A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy sought response from the Centre and Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana for allegedly 'giving protection' to such vigilante groups.Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, appearing for the petitioner, alleged that “gau rakshak dals“ are spreading violence and committing atrocities against Dalits and members of the minority communities and pleaded the court to direct the Centre and states to take action against them.The petitioner, Congress member Tehseen Poonawalla, pleaded to the SC to declare as “unconstitutional“ section 12 of the Gujarat Animal Prevention Act , 1954, Section 13 of Maharashtra Animal Prevention Act, 1976, and Section 15 of Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation Act, 1964, which provide for protection of persons acting in good faith under the Act or rules.