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Explained: Authorities issue shoot-at-sight orders when they believe there is an imminent threat to public order or security and that the use of lethal force is required to prevent it
A "shoot-at-sight" or firing order may be passed in terms of the statutory powers relating to the arrest or prevention of offences or for disbanding unlawful assemblies under Sections 41-60 and Sections 149-152 of the CrPC, 1973.
A massacre of civilians by soldiers in December last year, which triggered mass protests against the law, prompted the government to revoke it in some districts.
After the massacre that took place in Nagaland’s Mon district, where the army’s para commandos shot 14 civilians, the validity of the controversial AFSPA or Armed Forces Special Powers Act has again.