New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed its Feb. 13 order directing the eviction of lakhs of the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest-dwellers, whose claims for forest land rights have been rejected under the Forest Rights Act, 2006.
The earlier order had created a possibility of eviction of 11.8 lakh tribals from forests across the country. The Apex Court, however, asked 21 States to file an affidavit detailing the steps taken on rejections of the tribals’ claims and if the due procedure was followed as mandated under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006.
