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Preservation of culture a fundamental right, says SC, refuses to stay Calcutta HC proceedings in Nicobar project case

The Hindu

The petitions in the Calcutta High Court say that the diversion of over 130 sq. km of pristine tropical forest violated the Forest Rights Act and threatened the Shompen and Nicobarese way of life and culture

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