gfiles magazine

September 10, 2018

Governance : A case of an FIR and an award


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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