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Centre says tribal leaders are not ‘necessary’ parties to Great Nicobar forest rights dispute

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Centre says tribal leaders are not ‘necessary’ parties to Great Nicobar forest rights dispute

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Mongabay India reports the following. ENC is republishing it as an attributed briefing, not as independently confirmed fact. If this item is false or incomplete, the responsibility sits with Mongabay India, which released it. The Union Tribal Affairs Ministry has said that Nicobarese leaders seeking to join a petition challenging the settlement of forest rights on Great Nicobar Island are “neither necessary nor proper parties,” in the case, court documents show. The Nicobarese are one of two major tribes affected by the development of the Island, and primary claimants […] Original link: https://india.mongabay.com/2026/10/centre-says-tribal-leaders-are-not-necessary-parties-to-great-nicobar-forest-rights-dispute/

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