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300 Army personnel move SC against prosecution
Why it is in news?
- Over 300 Army officers on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against what they called “persecution” by the court and civilian agencies, like the CBI, for doing their duty in the insurgency-hit areas of Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern States.
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- The petition, filed by senior officers at the level of Commanders, comes shortly after the court directed a CBI SIT to file chargesheets, in a time-bound manner, against Army officers involved in the Manipur extra-judicial killings, in which innocents were allegedly killed after being branded as insurgents.
- The court is monitoring the CBI probe and cases number up to over 1,500.
- According to the petition, an “extraordinary circumstance” was prevailing over armed forces personnel fighting in the insurgency-hit areas and the nation’s borders.
- They are plagued by doubts whether performing their duty to fight enemies would expose them to prosecution and land them in jail.
Source
The Hindu