Allahabad High Court Upholds Tharu Community Forest Rights, Says Forest Rights Act Overrides Earlier Court Orders
A bench of the Allahabad High Court has passed an order quashing a 2021 order by the District Level Committee (DLC) of Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh that refused to finalise the forest rights claims of the Tharu community. The bench, comprising of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary, noted in its order…