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Forest Dwellers eviction matter begins in Supreme Court before Bench of Justices Arun Mishra, Navin Sinha and MR Shah
SG Tushar Mehta - main challenge was to Constitutional validity, which is why Centre is here. It affects a large number of forest dwellers.
Centre prays that the Court modify its order, as it causes serious prejudice to the lives of the forest dwellers,
Justice Arun Mishra - "Are these people all tribals or normal people living there?"
Senior Advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for Wildlife First - "People who have been granted pattas are not affected by the Court's orders at all."
Tushar Mehta - This is a human problem. The world over, protection of forests and forest dwelling tribals have coexisted.
Mehta refers to section 6(7) of the Forest Rights Act, which deals with setting up of state level monitoring committees
Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves - Have received 12 reports from 12 states and it shows that individual rights have been granted to the tune of 8%.
Colin Gonsalves - Most of the claims are rejected. Justice Arun Mishra - Tribals might not even have proper documents.
Justice Arun Mishra dictating order now.
Forest Dwellers eviction: Supreme Court stays the implementation of its order dated Feb 13 and directs States to submit details of the process adopted to assess the claims as well as the authorities that decided on these claims.
Shyam Divan makes a suggestion - Let the direction regarding satellite survey not be suspended.
