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1 day ago · The petition argues that the Centre’s refusal to sanction prosecution under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (“AFSPA”) of 1958 is arbitrary and against public interest as the state police possess compelling evidence against the army personnel involved.
22 hours ago · The Nagaland Government informed the bench, also comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, that the Centre had refused to accord sanction under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958, for their prosecution, even though there was enough evidence against the accused Army officials.
7 hours ago · It subsided only after the then Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manamohan Singh, promised that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) ‘…will be replaced by the more humane act’. The AFSPA was closely scrutinized during the 2nd and 3rd periodic review of India by this committee.
1 day ago · Following this incident, the Nagaland Assembly, in a special session held, "unanimously resolved" to demand the Government of India to repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 from the North ...
7 hours ago · On the issue of the controversial and "draconian" Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Bobloo said July 15 is observed in Manipur as Anti-Repression Day, and on this day 20 years ago, 12 mothers of Manipur staged a unique naked protest in front of the Kangla fort, the old Palace Compound of the erstwhile kingdom of Manipur which was then under the occupation of the Assam Rifles.
7 hours ago · Earlier in July 2022, the apex court had stayed the criminal prosecution of the army personnel after the family members of the accused persons filed a petition challenging their criminal prosecution on the ground that no prior sanction was obtained from the Union government as stipulated under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958.
4 days ago · The controversial law AFSPA gives sweeping powers to security forces to operate freely anywhere that has been declared a "disturbed area"; no military personnel in an area where AFSPA is in...
