Forest Rights Act: UN experts call for ban on forced evictions, raise concerns over enactment of law

The SC in February ordered the eviction of more than 10 lakh families of Adivasis and other forest-dwellers across 16 states but later stayed its order.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 19, 2019 · 12:33 pm

From rejection to eviction: The illegal ways in which MP Adivasis have been denied forest rights

Their case shows the flaws in the Supreme Court’s recent eviction order.

Aarefa Johari

· Aug 11, 2019 · 06:30 am

SC asks nine states to file responses about procedure of evicting Adivasis from forest land

The bench said the eviction of around 11.8 lakh allegedly illegal forest dwellers was an important matter.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 06, 2019 · 08:43 pm

Special Report: After pellet gunfire, 153 Adivasis in MP face police case – as does a dead man

A man who died 20 years ago features in the FIR filed by the police against Adivasis in Burhanpur.

Aarefa Johari

· Aug 01, 2019 · 09:00 am

‘While deciding forest rights claims, due process was not followed,’ eight states tell Supreme Court

On February 28, the top court had stayed its order evicting more than 10 lakh families of Adivasis and other forest-dwellers from forest land in 16 states.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 31, 2019 · 07:03 pm

Four Adivasis injured in alleged pellet gun firing by forest officials in Madhya Pradesh

Police in Burhanpur district claimed that three forest officials were also injured in the incident on Tuesday.

Aarefa Johari

· Jul 11, 2019 · 04:59 pm

An Indian government afforestation programme is brazenly usurping Adivasi land

A new law allows trees felled because of industrial projects to be replanted on land occupied by indigenous communities without their consent.

Chitrangada Choudhury, IndiaSpend.com

· Jun 27, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Government tweaks afforestation norms for forest land acquisition, worrying environmentalists

States with more than 75% forest cover can carry out compensatory afforestation in other states, as per a new environment ministry guideline.

Mayank Aggarwal

· Jun 01, 2019 · 01:30 pm

SC to hear plea seeking stay on alleged demolition of houses of Adivasis in Chhattisgarh on April 23

The plea claimed that houses of Adivasis in Raigarh district were demolished despite the top court staying the eviction of forest dwellers in February.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 17, 2019 · 11:32 am

Forest rights could decide results in 25% seats in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, finds study

The Community Forest Resource-Learning and Advocacy analysed the results of the 2014 elections in Adivasi regions.

Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 23, 2019 · 08:30 pm

In Rajasthan, Forest Rights Act was wantonly flouted to reject Adivasis’ claims to their land

They were told to furnish non-existent records, their claims were illegally decided by forest guards, they were not informed of rejections or allowed to appeal.

Nihar Gokhale

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IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 05, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Supreme Court stays order evicting families of Adivasis, forest-dwellers across 16 states

The court asked states to submit details on how claims over forest land were processed.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 28, 2019 · 01:28 pm