Ending impunity under AFSPA -The Hindu (July 11, 2016)

Editorial Words

8 years ago

“Accountability is a facet of the rule of law.” This established legal principle has acquired fresh significance after the Supreme Court ruled that the ar med forces cannot escape investigation for excesses in the course of the discharge of their duty even in “disturbed areas”. For further reading, visit, “The Hindu”.

Today’s Words:

Impunity (noun) – immunity, indemnity, exemption from punishment.
AFSPA – Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
Accountability (noun) – responsibility, liability, answerability.
Facet (noun) – aspect, feature, point, element.
Excesses (noun) – very bad, wrong, violent behaviour.
Statutory (adjective) – enacted by statute (a written law).
Counter- (prefix) – to denote opposition, retaliation, corresponding, substitute.
Insurgency (noun) – rebellion, revolt, uprising, outbreak.
Provision (noun) – term, clause, requirement, specification.
Purported (adjective) – claimed, professed, pretended, appeared, alleged.
Immunity (noun) – exemption, exception, freedom, impunity; indemnity, privilege, liberty, licence.
Retaliatory force (adjective) – termed as a revenge against someone.
Extrajudicial (adjective) – out-of court, private, unauthorized/unwarranted (by law).
Ruling (noun) – decision, pronouncement, resolution; judgement, verdict.
Context (noun) – circumstances, conditions, surroundings, situation, background, atmosphere.
Repeal (verb) – revoke, cancel, reverse, annul, nullify, invalidate.
Prevail (verb) – exist, be in existence, be present.
Consternation (noun) – dismay, perturbation; surprise, amazement; panic, fear, shock.
Inquiry (noun) – investigation, examination, exploration, probe.
Surface (verb) – emerge, arise, appear, come to light, come up.
Dreaded (adjective) – to look at something fearfully & with anxiety.
Insurgent (noun) – rebel, revolutionist, mutineer, agitator, fighter (against government).
Immune (verb) – protected from, safe from, exempt from, clear of, free from.
Prosecution (noun) – enactment, legal systems/proceedings.
Notion (noun) – idea, belief, concept, conviction.
ipso facto (adverb) – owing to that fact/act, inescapably, inevitably, unavoidably, evidently.
Allegation (noun) – claim, assertion, declaration, statement, proclamation.
Momentum (noun) – impetus, energy, force, power, strength, push.

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