Later the controversial minister Anil Vij retracted from his comments.
SC seeks responses from Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
"People must realise that mob violence and taking of law into the hands will invite wrath of law," said the bench.
The court granted the last opportunity to the defaulting states and UTs, warning if they did not file their reports within a week, then their home secretaries will have to appear in person before court.
A contempt plea alleged that incidents of mob lynching and vigilantism were taking place despite the apex court verdict in this regard.
'You cannot give authority to citizens to start policing the State.'
'While they claim to cherish Bapu's ideals, they cherish Godse as fervently.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi stirred a debate on Friday after he signed an Indian flag to be gifted to United States President Barack Obama.
Raghunath Nayak, a gardener at Birla House, displayed immense courage in chasing the Mahatma's murderer, overpowering him at the risk of his life.
'What will work is not fear of the law, but of real and swift prosecution under the law.' 'That can now be a possibility thanks to the Supreme Court judgment.'
'Politics has become a toilet because we delegate everything.' 'We have to catch a bus, watch a cricket match, live our life... we feel this (politics) is not part of our responsibility.'
The SC said that it was the duty of the state governments to ensue law and order in society.
Politicians, actors and eminent jurists have written a petition to the President to waive off the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict's execution, saying it 'would degrade us all'.
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