Relevance of evidences for rejection of Rights under Forest Rights Act, 2006 in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh Tyagi Aparna*, Sharma J.V.** *PhD Research Scholar, TERI University, New Delhi **Senior Fellow, TERI, New Delhi Online published on 19 November, 2016. Abstract Implementation of The Scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (Recognition of forest Rights) Act, 2006 in Sonbhadra started in 2009. In the district, out of a total of 65,540 Claims, approximately eighty two percent claims got rejected. The study focuses on understanding the reasons for such high rejection. Paper deals with the importance of evidences in the rights recognition process and enlists the evidences that were presented by the claimants. The paper highlights on how particular evidences are given more weightage than others and also emphasizes on how some claims got rejected solely on the basis of particular evidences. Further, the study indicates that approximately twenty six percent of claims were rejected even after producing correct evidences. Study reveals the very high percentage of individual claims filed as compared to community claims (one percent of total claims). Top Keywords Forest dwellers, Scheduled Tribes, Evidences, Rejected claims, Forest Rights Act. Top |