The verdict in Bejla Oraon vs Kali Das Oraon has once again brought the debate over property rights in tribal societies to the fore ...

Every three years, the Oraon tribal people of Masmano, a village located about 40 km from Ranchi in Jharkhand, gather at their Sarna sthal (a Sal grove where villagers worship sarna or nature). One ...

Indigenous tribal people, including Christians, have urged the provincial government in central India’s Chhattisgarh state to keep them outside the ambit of a proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

Nagaland would have seen a landmark day on February 1. After more than 10 years, urban local body polls had been scheduled in the state and, for the first time, with 33% reservation for women. After ...

Given the rich socio-cultural heritage of the state, the Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ) established a Centre for Tribal and Customary Law to explore the possibilities of integrating the ...