AFSPA

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:action
gptkbp:amendedBy 1972
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:India
gptkb:Arunachal_Pradesh
gptkb:Assam
gptkb:Jammu_and_Kashmir
gptkb:Manipur
gptkb:Nagaland
parts of Chandigarh (till 1997)
parts of Meghalaya (till 2018)
parts of Punjab (till 1997)
parts of Tripura (till 2015)
gptkbp:basisFor British colonial era laws
disturbed area declaration by government
gptkbp:controversy allegations of human rights violations
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:Amnesty_International
gptkb:Human_Rights_Watch
human rights organizations
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1958
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:Central_Armed_Police_Forces
Indian Army
paramilitary forces
state police (in some cases)
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Armed_Forces_(Special_Powers)_Act
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label AFSPA
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Armed_Forces_Special_Powers_Ordinance,_1942
gptkbp:legalChallenge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
gptkbp:objectedBy Kashmir activists
North East India activists
local civil society groups
gptkbp:powers arrest without warrant
use of force
destroy arms dumps
search without warrant
protection from prosecution for armed forces
gptkbp:protestedBy gptkb:Irom_Sharmila
gptkbp:purpose grant special powers to armed forces in disturbed areas
gptkbp:reaffirms gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India_(1997)
gptkbp:recommendation repeal by Jeevan Reddy Committee
gptkbp:relatedTo internal security
counter-insurgency operations
gptkbp:reviewedBy gptkb:Justice_Jeevan_Reddy_Committee
gptkb:Santosh_Hegde_Commission
gptkb:Second_Administrative_Reforms_Commission
gptkbp:section Section 3
Section 4
Section 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Armed_Forces_(Special_Powers)_Act,_1958
gptkb:Armed_Forces_(Special_Powers)_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7