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Tripura: Pradyot Debbarma to move SC over indigenous land & customary rights

Guwahati: Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, Tripuraโ€™s royal scion, plans to approach the Supreme Court on October 17 to challenge what he calls years of neglect and denial of land and customary rights for the stateโ€™s indigenous communities. Debbarma accused successive governments of systematically ignoring constitutional protections meant for tribal populations, particularly under the Sixth Schedule. […]