In Brief
A civil society organization challenged a High Court decision dismissing a public interest petition alleging that tribals in Madhya Pradesh were being victimized and harassed by forest and police officials through false cases and non-registration of FIRs. The High Court had rejected the petition on grounds of res judicata from an earlier related petition. The Supreme Court held that the High Court wrongly applied res judicata to bar independent matters and constituted District-level Grievance Redressal Authorities in three districts to examine complaints of abuse of authority, victimization, and alleged false cases, requiring them to report to District Judges within three months.
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