The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed to close down all the stone crushing units within unsafe zone, while the authorities had a narrow escape from being arrested at the Court here on Friday. Non-compliance with the Court orders had almost jailed the three secretaries, Kamal Pal, secretary for forest, ecology and environment; Ram Prasad, secretary, department of industries, commerce and m
A U.S. appeals court will hold an expedited hearing for a small group of claimants in a Gulf spill settlement with BP Plc, with oral arguments set for the week of November 4, the court said on Friday.
A division bench of Calcutta High Court
<p>Report on compliance of environmental norms by roadside eateries/ restaurants and other establishments prepared by Central Pollution Control Board uploaded on 24/02/2020.</p> <p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/roadside-eateries-NGT-order.pdf"
A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Indian fishermen and farmers who sued the World Bank over a loan for a power plant they claimed ravaged the environment. The World Bank's International
Akure — Six landlords were on Tuesday sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour by a mobile court sitting in Ondo town, the headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State for
<p>By setting aside the revocation order of the Environment clearance to the controversial cement plant of Nirma Industries in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat, NGT clears the way for this project situated in an environmentally sensitive wetland area. </p>
The High Court has allowed one month operation of hotels that have installed Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs) after being sealed by the Pollution Control Board (PCB) in Gulmarg. As the matter came up
The Rajasthan high court on Wednesday issued notices to the state government and one Ultra Tech cement company on a petition filed by Banswara-based mining businessman Fakhruddin who alleged that the mines
Authorities told to demolish illegal structures without show-cause notice The J&K High Court has banned construction within 100 metres from the banks of the Sindh river in Ganderbal district. It has also empowered the authorities concerned to demolition any such construction without issuing a show-cause notice.
UK may be on verge of new pollution law, with case regarding obligations to EU being heard by lords on Thursday The supreme court could force the government to take steps to urgently reduce dangerous
Though, on February 27, 2012, the Supreme Court's order banned any kind of mining of minor minerals, including sand, without environmental clearance from the Union ministry for environment and forests,
The Supreme Court today directed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to monitor and conduct periodic checks of all carbonated soft drinks as the issue relates to citizens’ fundamental
The environment ministry has set up an expert group, as mandated by the Supreme Court, to determine whether hydropower projects along Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers and their tributaries contributed to
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bharat Patil Vs Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 29/01/2020 regarding Notification dated 11.09.2019 issued by
<p>Report filed by the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order dated November 25, 2019 in the matter of Mahendra Saini, President, Moda Pahad
The government assured the Supreme Court on Monday that it would set up a green regulator but stopped short of committing itself to a deadline. The environment ministry has three days to submit to the
Ahmedabad: Six months after the Supreme Court ordered the translocation of Asiatic lions from Gir to Kuno Palpur in Madhya Pradesh, an expert committee has recommended that the process should begin by
PIL against officials for issuing NOCs to bring jumbos from other states Elephants being used in various ceremonies and processions have for long raised the heckles of environmentalists, on the grounds that the ‘gentle giants’ are subjected to inhuman treatment in the name of culture and tradition. Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA) and Akhila Karnataka Prani Daya Sangha have gone a step further and have filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the High Court, against the Principal Secretary to the Department of Environment and Ecology, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden.
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