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Centre defends Manipur killings
The Telegraph | R. Balaji | New Delhi, Dec. 3:
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that "killings are part of the sovereign function discharged by the Union of India through the army", saying security forces could not be blamed for collateral deaths that critics describe as extra-judicial murders in Manipur.
A bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and U.U. Lalit is dealing with two petitions that have sought an inquiry by the CBI or a special investigation team into an estimated alleged 1,500 extra-judicial killings by the army and other security forces in Manipur between 2000 and 2012. The army and other security forces operate in Manipur under the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, which ensures effective immunity by making permission from the Centre mandatory for taking legal action against erring personnel.
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