Tag: Nagaland
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Nagaland under AFSPA Shelter: An Ongoing Saga
By Kartik Pathania, Amity Law School, Delhi. Disturbed area is an area where any magistrate or police officer of the rank of Sub-Inspector or Head Constable of Armed Police have been given the right to fire or otherwise use force even to the point of causing death, against any person who is indulging in any…
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Understanding the concept of ‘Hot Pursuit’
By Saif Rasul Khan, Government Law College, Mumbai. The term ‘Hot Pursuit’ refers to the urgent and direct pursuit of a criminal suspect by law enforcement officers, or by belligerents under international rules of engagement for military forces. It is termed as fresh or immediate pursuit. Such hot pursuit grants special powers to the officers in command, which otherwise they do…