Hyderabad: The Union Government recently partially withdrawn the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 from parts of three Northeast states— Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. Currently, AFSPA remains in force in parts of these three states as well as in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. Read more about the law that has […]
The Centre’s decision to reduce the number of areas under the much-despised Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Nagaland, Assam and Manipur is a welcome development as reflects a pragmatic approach to special laws and a willingness to revoke them when the ground situation shows improvement. The improvement in the security situation and the […]
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday declared the entire Nagaland as a “disturbed area” for six more months with effect from December 30 under the AFSPA while terming the state’s condition “disturbed and dangerous”. The move came days after the Union government constituted a high-level committee to examine the possibility of the withdrawal of the […]
Hyderabad: A military operation that went awfully awry has now brought the powers exercised by security forces under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) back in focus. What happened? In the evening hours of December 4, a group of soldiers said to be the 21 Para Regiment misjudged some civilians as militants who belonged […]
