SC rejects title claims of ‘tribals, forest dwellers’

The Supreme Court has asked 16 states to implement their own orders rejecting 11.8 lakh claims over forest land by Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (OTFDs) that were found baseless, and passed eviction orders to free lakhs of hectares of forest land.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2Xh03dN