Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA)

Q.  Which of the following states/UTs were under Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) at some or the other point since independence?

1) Tripura
2) Chandigarh
3) Sikkim
- Published on 15 Jul 16

a. 2, 3
b. 1, 2
c. 1, 3
d. All of the above

ANSWER: 1, 2
 
  • The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act was enacted in 1958 to bring under control what the government of India considered ‘disturbed’ areas.
  • Assam, Nagaland, Manipur (except the Imphal municipal area), Arunachal Pradesh (only the Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts plus a 20-km belt bordering Assam), Meghalaya (confined to a 20-km belt bordering Assam) and Jammu and Kashmir are under AFSPA.
  • The Armed Forces (Punjab and Chandigarh) Special Powers Act, 1983 passed in 1983 and applicable to Punjab and Chandigarh was withdrawn in 1997, roughly 14 years after it came to force.
  • While the Punjab government withdrew its Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) in 2008, it continued in Chandigarh till September 2012 when the Punjab and Haryana high court struck it down.

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