Quick Analysis of Armed Forces Special Power Acts.

1. AFSPABY
ARSHINI KUMAR SAPAM
SECTION : GAMMA
ROLL NO. 155

2. CONTENT
• What is AFSPA?
• Timeline / History of AFSPA
• Power of AFSPA
• Facts
• Why in India?
• Solution.

3. WHAT IS IT
• It’s the Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
• Passed on September 11, 1958, by the
Parliament of India
• It gives the Armed Forces certain powers in
‘disturbed areas’.
• Empowers government to declare any part of
the state as a ‘disturbed area’.

4. TIMELINE
1942
• By British to suppress Quit India Movement
1958
• In ASSAM NAGA district
1970
• Tripura ( fully imposed in 1997)
1980
• In Manipur

5. TIMELINE contd…..
1983
• In Punjab & Chandigarh (withdrawn in 1997)
1990
• Jammu & Kashmir
2015
• Arunachal Pradesh

6. POWER OF AFSPA
• Power to declare areas to be disturbed areas
• powers to shoot.
• legal immunity for their actions
• arrest without a warrant
• seize and search without any warrant any premise

7. FACTS
• SHRC in J&K found 2,730 unidentified bodies.
• recorded a total of over 43,000 people killed.
• 96% of all complaints have been dismissed.
• Right to Rape.
• In Manipur, 1,528 fake encounters were
reported.

8. FACTS contd…
• Dismissal of RTI acts.
• Santosh Hegde commission recommended
repeal of AFSPA.
• UN views.

9. WHY IN INDIA ?
• Law and order problem
• Inefficient justice system
• Demand for separate state

10. AFSPA, Can it be Removed ?
• Strengthen Criminal Justice System
• Strengthen Police intelligent, administration &
investigation
• Improved economy condition
• Institutionalized dialogue, debate & discussion