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New Agasthyamalai eviction orders silence Forest Rights Act

Published Sunday, August 16, 2026

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What We Know — Key Points

  • The Forest Rights Act (FRA) was enacted in 2006 to recognize and vest forest rights on forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who had occupied forest land before December 13, 2005.

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  • The Hindu

    The article emphasizes that the new eviction orders and the Supreme Court's directions ignore the Forest Rights Act, which was enacted to rectify historical injustices against forest dwellers, and highlights the problematic silence of state governments and the Tribal Department on its poor implementation.

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