IT
is ironical that on the eve of the 72nd Indian Independence Day, the Supreme
Court of India should be witness to hearing of a petition by over 300 serving
army personnel across ranks, appealing against the dilution of the Armed Forces
Special Powers Act (AFSPA). The petitioners contend they ‘believe that
sovereignty, security and integrity of the nation is at higher pedestal than
even the Constitution of India’ and that the ultimate sacrifice required of a
soldier ‘cannot be sustained under a state of confusion or cloud as to the
bonafide duty itself’.
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