SC orders forced eviction of more than 1 million tribals, forest-dwellers

February 21, 2019 10:47

The Supreme Court has ordered the forced eviction of more than 1,000,000 tribal and other forest-dwelling households from forest lands across 16 states after the government failed to defend a law protecting their rights.

The final country-wide numbers of forced evictions are likely to rise substantially as other states are forced to comply with the court orders.

The court's orders came in a case filed by wildlife groups questioning the validity of the Forest Rights Act. The petitioners had also demanded that all those whose claims over traditional forest lands are rejected under the law should be evicted by state governments as a consequence. Read the report here.

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