Report Of The Committee, Headed By Justice (retd) B.p. Jeevan Reddy, To Review The Armed Forces (special Powers) Act 1958

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In 2004, in the wake of intense agitation that was launched by several civil society groups following the death of Thangjam Manorama, while in the custody of the Assam Rifles and the indefinite fast undertaken by Irom Sharmila, The Government of India accordingly set up a five-member committee under the Chairmanship of Justice B P Jeevan Reddy, former judge of the Supreme Court. The panel was given the mandate of reviewing the provisions of The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958. Report of the Committee, was submitted to the Government of India in June 2005. The 147-page report recommends the Act should be repealed.