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Kashmir lawyers boycott courts, seek AFSPA revocation
Thursday December 01, 2011 05:07:43 PM,
IANS
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Srinagar: Lawyers in
Kashmir Thursday boycotted courts for the day protesting the
proposed amendment to the Ranbir Penal Code, special to Jammu and
Kashmir, to provide immunity to the army during its operations in
the state.
Work in the local courts remained suspended Thursday as members of
the Kashmir bar association stayed away in daylong protest against
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's statement that the Criminal
Procedure Code would be amended to provide immunity to the army
during its anti-militancy operations in the state.
The protesting lawyers raised slogans for complete revocation of
the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state.
After assembling inside the Saddar court complex adjacent to city
centre Lal Chowk here, the lawyers tried to take out a protest
march but police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
deployed in strength prevented them from coming out of the court
complex.
"The idea behind the proposed amendment to the Criminal Procedure
Code or the Ranbir Penal Code is to have the temporary AFSPA
replaced by a permanent law that would continue the immunity to
the army in the state," said a protesting lawyer here.
The protest is also against the state government's decision to
transfer the registration powers from the judicial courts to the
executive courts here.
Following stiff opposition to the proposed amendment to the Ranbir
code from the civil society, lawyers and opposition Peoples
Democratic Party, the chief minister has said the idea behind the
move was not to have the AFSPA replaced by a permanent law.
"Nothing would be done that would go against the interests of the
people," Omar said following the fresh controversy.
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