NGT pulls up Centre, UP for dumping bodies in Ganga
Referring to orders passed by the Supreme Court on the issue, the tribunal blamed the Kanpur Mahanagar Palika for not taking adequate measures. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Wednesday pulled up
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Delhi is becoming a garbage dump: HC
Says protest shouldn’t affect sanitation As municipal and sanitation workers went on strike demanding regular salaries and payment of arrears, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday brought in the “Swachh
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HC orders company to compensate ryots for defective seeds
The Bombay High Court has asked a seed manufacturing company to pay compensation of Rs 45 lakh to 164 farmers in Maharashtra for supplying defective seeds as a result of which the crop quality suffered.
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HC cancels allocation of grazing land to Ajmal’s NGO
The Gauhati High Court has cancelled the allocation of 151 bighas of grazing reserve land in the Hojai subdivision of Nagaon district allotted illegally to Markazul Ma’Arif, a NGO whose chief patron is
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Posco: HC notice on green nod
Admitting a PIL challenging the forest and environment clearance granted to the Posco steel plant project by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), the Orissa high court on Wednesday issued
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CIFA opposes SC panel recommendations on biotech crops
Farmers body CIFA today opposed the recommendations of the Supreme Court-appointed committee to ban field trials of biotech crops saying such a move would be "anti-national" and against the interest of
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Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding movement of heavy trucks and dumpers carrying sand from river Balason on the roads around Shivmandir Bazar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, 28/07/2022
<p>Judgment of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tribunal on its Own Motion Re.:- Movement of Heavy Loaded Dumpers, Trucks and Traffic Control on the roads around
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding noise pollution, Delhi, 12/02/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hardeep Singh & Others Vs SDMC & Others dated 12/02/2019. The issue for consideration is the failure of the statutory authorities in controlling
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In Haridwar, mining resumed in Ganga, seer sits on protest fast
HARIDWAR: After a hiatus of about five years following the banning of mining in the Ganga by the Uttarakhand high court and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Haridwar (rural) MLA Yatishwarananda
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SC for socialism
The Supreme Court of India on January 8, 2008, refused to accede to a pil plea seeking deletion of the word
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How right you are, Dr. Singh
P. Sainath When we have policies trample on people's rights, and people go to courts seeking redress, what should the courts do, Prime Minister? Dear Prime Minister, I was delighted to learn that you said, while also
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High Court orders status quo on parking lot in Lalbagh
The High Court of Karnataka on Friday directed the State government to maintain status quo for one month on the proposed parking lot project in Lalbagh Botanical Gardens. City-based advocate S Vasudeva has filed a public interest litigation contending that the space selected for the parking lot was close to the Kempegowda tower, a protected monument. He has further contended that the construction, within a radius of 300 metre of the monument was violative of the ASI Rules and Section 6 and 8 of the Karnataka Park, Play-fields and Open Spaces (Preservation and Regulation) Act, 1985.
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High court seeks MoEF stand on killing of tiger
The Kerala high court on Friday asked the Union ministry of environment and forests to explain its stand on a petition seeking a CBI enquiry into the killing of a tiger at Wayanad recently. The petition
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HC glare on coal capital pollution - State board pulled up for lax vigil
Jharkhand High Court today pulled up the state pollution board for failing to take action against industries for harming the environment in and around Dhanbad and asked its Delhi bosses to consider intervening
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding stone crushers in Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir, 20/12/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pritam Singh Vs Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir & Others dated 20/12/2019 regarding illegal operation of stone crushers and hot mix plants
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Amarnath Yatra: Supreme Court says didn’t order metalled road
Days after separatist leaders raised protests against a reported plan to construct a metalled road through north Kashmir forests for pilgrims to the Amarnath cave shrine, the Supreme Court on Thursday
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Report by the Roads & Buildings Department, Telangana on allegations of flouting of environmental norms while demolishing the old secretariat building, Telangana, 08/04/2021
<p>Reply by Roads & Buildings Department, Telangana in the matter of Anumula Revanth Reddy Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/04/2021.</p> <p>The matter related to allegations of flouting of
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Illegal sand mining still going on at Deduru Oya-Committee learns
It was revealed at a meeting of the Environmental Committee appointed to protect the Deduru Oya, that the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GS and MB) was still issuing permits for the transport of sand
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SC to Centre: Submit new drug policy before Jan 15
The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre to place before it their gazette notification over the new drug policy. A Bench led by Justice G S Singhvi gave the Centre time till January 15 to put on record
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Victoria still vulnerable
Environmentalist Subhas Dutta on Monday filed a petition in Calcutta High Court, alleging that the state government had failed to carry out court orders to protect the Victoria Memorial Hall from pollution. The order, passed on September 28 last year by a division bench, had asked the government to follow certain guidelines to cut down on the pollution level around the monument.