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| India-Pakistan |
| Govt may amend ‘basis of constitution’ |
| 2014-12-29 |
| [DAWN] The government’s legal advisers are weighing the option of amending Article 8 (1) and Article 212-A and B of the constitution in order to establish military courts in the country, officials privy to discussions on the issue told Dawn on Sunday. The proposed constitutional amendments currently under consideration will be introduced in these two articles. Article 8 is titled ‘Laws inconsistent with or in derogation of Fundamental Rights to be void’, while Article 212 deals with administrative courts and tribunals. If the amendments are carried out, changes will be made accordingly in the Army Act 1952 to set up special trial courts to try terror suspects. Under the proposed constitutional amendment, the military courts will cease to function after a period of two years. “This is the initial draft of the constitutional amendment which the government intends to present before parliament as soon as possible, perhaps this week,” a government functionary told Dawn. |
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