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PolityThe Hindu8 May 2026
How Forest Rights Act Was Reaffirmed by Allahabad HC Order | Explained
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📌 Summary:
- Allahabad HC (Lucknow Bench): ruled DLC's rejection of Tharu tribal community's forest rights claims was wrong; restored claims under FRA 2006
- DLC had cited a 2000 SC interim order barring "de-reservation of forests/sanctuaries/national parks" to reject Tharu claims in March 2021
- HC's ruling: FRA 2006 is a later law — all earlier court orders/laws inconsistent with it are null and void (core legal principle of parliamentary sovereignty)
- DLC composition: District Collector (head); Divisional Forest Officer; District Tribal Welfare Officer; three district panchayat members
- Tharu community (tribal), Palia Kalan Tehsil, Lakhimpur, UP — among traditional forest dwellers
- Significance: affirms primacy of FRA 2006 over conflicting pre-existing court orders; strengthens tribal and forest dweller rights recognition
📚 Prelims Fact:
- FRA 2006 = Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006; DLC = District Level Committee; Tharus = tribal community of UP/Uttarakhand terai; later law supersedes earlier inconsistent laws/orders
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