New Delhi, April 1 -- Ahead of the crucial hearing of the Supreme Court on the Forest Rights Act, 2006, researchers and campaigners fear that the government may have not conducted the review process of reject claims.

The apex court, on February 13, 2019, had ordered eviction of 1,700,000 tribal families by stating that their individual rights under the FRA were rejected. However, the order was put on hold after mass protests across various parts of the nation.

The Supreme Court had also directed the state governments to review the rejection of claims.

The law recognises traditional forest dwellers adivasis or indigenous tribal communities including Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFD) and enables them to...