Army Botched Ambush, Could Amount To Murder: Retired Supreme Court Judge
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Justice Lokur underlined the "extremely defective" application of AFSPA - which gives armed forces the power to conduct ops anywhere and arrest without a warrant
AFSPA - the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Protection Act - does not mean security forces "can go around just killing anybody", retired Supreme Court judge Justice Madan Lokur told NDTV Monday, amid outrage over the deaths of 14 civilians during a botched Army op in Nagaland this weekend.
Justice Lokur also underlined the "extremely defective" application of AFSPA - which gives armed forces the power to conduct ops anywhere in enforced states and arrest anyone without a warrant.
AFSPA also protects security forces from all legal proceedings unless it is cleared by the centre.
''Although wide powers have been given to the armed forces, it does not mean, you know, that they can go around just killing anybody," Justice Lokur told NDTV.
