Shomona Khanna

“If the Gram Sabha has not given consent, then the forest clearance given is illegal. It has to be quashed. They are making a mockery of the law,”

Shomona Khanna · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16

Khanna says forest clearance granted without Gram Sabha consent is illegal and must be quashed.

“These are criminal offences … Any person who dispossesses a forest dweller of their forest right or interferes in the enjoyment of the forest right is committing a crime, which is called an atrocity under Indian law,”

Shomona Khanna · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16

Khanna says dispossessing a forest dweller of their rights is a criminal offence called an atrocity under Indian law.