Sansad Watch Ep 20: In winter session, AFSPA uproar and a comedy of errors

The Armed Forces Special Powers Act was back in focus amid a furore over the Nagaland killings, which the Home Minister termed a case of “mistaken identity” in the House. Speaking of errors, a drafting slip-up in the NDPS Act in 2014 was corrected last week in amusing fashion. We have many questions, and some answers for you.

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References

The Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958

AFSPA Notification (June 2021) for Nagaland

The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2021

The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2021

I Was Bombed and Shot at—and the Government Is Lying About It

Ambush, mob fury, and a lawless law - A timeline of what happened in Nagaland on December 4

CPJ's database of attacks on the press