Gujarat High Court Directs State to Allot Forest Land to Scheduled Tribe Dwellers Under Forest Rights Act, 2006 — Failure to Act on Government Order Violates Constitutional Rights. The court held that the State is bound to implement its own order for allotment of land under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, and directed allotment within four weeks....
The petitioners, eight individuals belonging to the Scheduled Tribe community, filed three writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with the Scheduled Tribes and Other Tradit...
