Audit of PUC centres reveals flaws
While National Green Tribunal (NGT) came down hard on the increasing pollution levels, the Delhi transport department carried out a unique audit of all the pollution checking centres in the capital.
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Citing crisis, Karnataka offers to release 38 tmcft till January-end
Urges Supreme Court to modify order on supply to Tamil Nadu The Karnataka government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court, seeking a stay/modification of its September 28 order, which directed the State to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu daily till October 15 as per the orders of the Cauvery River Authority headed by the Prime Minister. In its application, Karnataka pointed out that it had complied with the order by releasing 99,601 cusecs (from September 20 to October 3).
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Coalgate: PIL seeks fines, SC-monitored investigation
New Delhi: Three weeks after the Supreme Court entertained a public interest litigation on Coalgate, an NGO moved another PIL on Thursday seeking a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team
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SC reopens Sandur mining case, admits govt review plea
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to reopen its 2010 judgment that had ruled against granting of mining lease to JSW Steel and Kalyani Steel in Karnataka. The reopening of the case gives some hope to these companies which are keen to do mining of iron and manganese ores at 380 hectares in Sandur. The apex court had on September 15, 2010, quashed a December 2004 recommendation by the Karnataka government — later endorsed by the Centre — to allow mining by JSW Steel and Kalyani.
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SC Directive on Drug Pricing Upsets Calculations of Pharma Companies
A Supreme Court order on drug price control on Wednesday has caused confusion with some interpreting it to mean the retention of cost-based pricing which will help patients. The apex court on Wednesday
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Supreme Court halts mining in Goa
Mining operations in all the 90 mines in Goa were on Friday ordered to be halted by the Supreme Court on the basis of the Justice M.B. Shah Commission report which estimated a whopping Rs.35,000 crore to the exchequer due to illegal mining in the last 12 years. Mining companies have also been restrained from exporting and selling ores which has already been extracted. A three judge bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam took note of the Commission’s report and issued notice to the Centre and State government.
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No relief from SC on mining
Chandigarh, August 20 The hopes of early resumption of mining in Haryana suffered a setback today when the Supreme Court refused to allow the state government to withdraw its application seeking permission to start mining for a limited time without environment clearance and to pursue the matter before the Punjab and Haryana High Court. A similar application of the state government is pending b
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Court asks Centre not to alter drug pricing system
Wants government to firm up a date by which essential drugs will be notified The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the Union government that in the name of bringing essential drugs under pricing control it should not alter the price system. A Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and S.J. Mukhopadhaya told senior counsel Ashok Bhan, appearing for the Centre: “The government should not alter the drug price system. You firm up a date by which essential drugs would be notified.”
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Finally, UP to ban gutkha from April next year
A day after the expiry of the 14-day deadline set by the Allahabad High Court, the UP government on Wednesday decided to ban the manufacture, sale and consumption of gutkha with effect from April 1, 2013.
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Crusher, quarry units protest against apex court directive
Secretariat march today Protesting against the new Supreme Court directive asking small and medium crusher and quarry owners to secure NOCs from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for their operations, the Kerala Crusher and Quarry Owners Association coordination committee will hold a Secretariat march on Thursday, association officer-bearers have said.
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Court clarifies on ban on gutkha, pan masala
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, on Wednesday, clarified that the intention of a recent order of the Food Safety Department was to prohibit production, distribution, and sale of gutkha and pan
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Release water in Ujani dam within 24 hours: court
Relief to farmers hurt by Ajit Pawar’s remark Even if Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar responded to the demand for water in Solapur in crude terms, the Bombay High Court has stepped in to give relief to farmers in the parched district in western Maharashtra. The court on Tuesday asked the State government to release water from upstream reservoirs to the Ujani dam which is bone dry. On a public interest litigation petition, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M.S. Sanklecha directed that as much water as possible be released within 24 hours.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by the quarrying and crushing units, Rajmahal hills of the Vindhya mountains, district Sahebganj, Jharkhand, 12/03/2021
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Syed Arshad Nasar Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/03/2021.</p> <p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Rajmahal-hills-mining-NGT-order-March12-2021.pdf"
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding environment friendly disposal of CFL and recovery of mercury, 01/12/2015
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Toxics Link Vs. Union of India & Others dated 01/12/2015 regarding environment friendly disposal of CFL and recovery of mercury.</p>
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Govt fined for mining policy dilly-dally
SHILLONG: The Gauhati High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the State Government for failing to take tangible steps in the matters pertaining to framing of Mining policy. Hearing the petition filed by prominent lawyer Siddharth Dey on behalf of the five citizens from Jaintia Hills on Monday, a division bench of Chief Justice AK Goel and Justice NK Singh decided to impose the fine after it did not get a satisfactory reply from Additional Advocate General BP Todi.
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Activists, Police Spar Over Illegal Mookunnimala Quarrying
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The contentious issue of illegal mining at Mookunnimala has once again come to the fore with the Mookunnimala Samrakshana Samithi activists alleging inaction on the part of the authorities
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Tatas recount first attacks
The Tata Motors counsel today told Calcutta High Court that the
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Davorlim Villagers Against Acquisiton of Ancestral Land
Davorlim villagers are up in arms against the acquisition of 1.15 lakh sq metres of ancestral land in the village for
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No prosecution since Dec, so polybags back
New Delhi: The state environment department is in quite a fix over its plastic bag ban. The first time it banned the bag in 2009 it was on directions of the Delhi high court. The second ban, imposed in 2012 on its own initiative, has been stayed by the same court based on a petition by the plastic bags manufacturers. Now with the Supreme Court asking state governments for the status of plastic waste management in their respective areas, Delhi government is hoping for some respite.
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Madhya Pradesh to file curative petition
Mahim Pratap Singh Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government will file a curative petition in the Supreme Court seeking to revive charges of culpable homicide against the accused in the Bhopal gas leak case.