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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
2005
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CONTENTS
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PART-I
INTRODUCTION
Background
In the wake of the intense agitation launched by various
civil society groups in Manipur following the death of Kr. Th.
Manorama Devi on 11.7.2004 while in the custody of the Assam
Rifles, and the earlier indefinite fast undertaken by Ms. Irom
Sharmila since 2001 demanding repeal of the Armed Forces
(Special Powers) Act, 1958 (hereinafter referred to AFSPA), the
Union Home Minister visited Manipur in September 2004 and
reviewed the situation with the officers of the State Govt. and the
Security/Intelligence agencies. During this visit Apunba Lup and
many delegations and citizen groups raised a demand for
revocation of the AFSPA. There were other groups who
demanded a review of the Act or favoured retaining the Act.
During the visit of the Prime Minister to Manipur in, November
2004, several organizations including the Apunba Lup and many
other individuals met the Prime Minister with similar pleas. The
Prime Minister assured them that the Central Govt. would
consider their demand sympathetically.
2. The Central Government, accordingly, set up a 5-Member
Committee (vide Ministry of Home Affairs Office Order No.
11011/97/2004-NE-III dated 19th November, 2004 - Copy at
Annexure-I) under the Chairmanship of Justice B.P. Jeevan
Reddy, former Judge of the Supreme Court with the following
four Members: -
(a) Dr. S.B. Nakade, Former Vice Chancellor and Jurist.
(b)Shri .P.Shrivastav,IAS(Retd),FormerSpecial Secretary,MHA
(c) Lt Gen (Retd) V.R. Raghavan, Former DGMO.
(d) Shri Sanjoy Hazarika, Journalist.
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(ii) replace the Act by a more humane legislation.