![]() This is the latest chapter in the fraught history between the Indian state, people and forests. The petitioners had demanded that state governments evict those forest dwellers whose claims over traditional forestlands under the landmark law had been rejected. The order came while the court was hearing petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. On February 13, the Supreme Court ordered the eviction of more than 10 lakh families of Adivasis and other forest-dwellers from forestlands across 16 states. ![]() Who are the people whose claims over forestlands have been rejected by state governments in India?
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