EDITORIALTRIBAL LAND RIGHTS AND FOREST GOVERNANCE
When "Most" Gram Sabhas Agreeing Is Called the Same Thing as Consent
The distinction between "most Gram Sabhas consenting" and "the Gram Sabha's consent" is not a technicality - it determines whether a village assembly functions as a constitutional body defending its specific inhabitants' rights, as the Supreme Court held in the Niyamgiri case or as one vote among many that can be mathematically outnumbered. With the Tribal Affairs Ministry declining jurisdiction and the Environment Ministry…
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