Netflix’s Delhi Crime Season 2 highlights the manner in which the De-Notified Tribes (“DNTs”) are perceived by different institutions of the Indian state and society. A re-examination of the condition of these tribes becomes all the more relevant after the COVID-19 outbreak, since the pandemic has disproportionately affected the most marginalised sections of the society. In this explainer, the author shall explain the existing legal provisions and related policies with respect to DNTs, and attempt to display the manner in which they have been deprived of their fundamental rights, in the context of the new series.
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