Landmark case · Land Laws · Semester 4
Banwasi Seva Ashram v. State of U.P.
AIR 1987 SC 374 · Supreme Court of India
Adivasi forest dwellers cannot be evicted for a project without alternative land and due inquiry into their rights.
From topic
Fifth Schedule, PESA and prohibition of tribal land alienation — Unit IV, Land Laws.
Related sections:
- Constitution of India, 244 — Administration of Scheduled Areas and Tribal Areas
- Constitution of India, Fifth Schedule — Law applicable to Scheduled Areas
- Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, 4 — Exceptions and modifications to Part IX