HC asks State for list of mining firms
The High Court on Wednesday directed the State government to submit the list of mining companies operating in Karnataka even after their mining licence expired ten years ago.
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Mining rules tweaked to prevent backdoor entry of private players
According to the guidelines, if a PSU wants to enter into a joint venture, it will have to select its partner through competitive bidding process In a bid to bar the backdoor entry of private players
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Contempt notice to Escorts Hospital
The Delhi High Court today issued contempt notices to Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre (EHIRC) and two of its officials on a petition accusing them of violating the court's status quo
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Judgment on illegal dhabas stayed
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday stayed the October 16 judgment of a Single Bench directing the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to shut all unlicensed dhabas here within a month. Staying the order, a Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice Mukul Mudgal and Justice S. Ravindra Bhat said that
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Students must educate public on global warming: HC Judge
TIRUCHI: Students should educate the public on the serious problem of global warming and help in minimising the man-made disturbances to the environment, said G.M. Akbar Ali, Judge, Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, here on Sunday.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand mining, 15/03/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Himmat Singh Shekhawat Vs State of Rajasthan & State of Rajasthan & Others dated 15/03/2019 regarding illegal sand mining.</p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/sand-mining-illegal-NGT-Order.pdf"
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State's views sought on polluting cos
The Kerala high court has sought the views of state government and the Kerala state pollution control board while hearing a petition challenging the setting up of chemical industries in Edayar industrial
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Centre issues guidelines for mining leases
State govt will have to finalise leases within 3 to 6 months, but allowed say on time frame The Union Mines Ministry has issued fresh guidelines for giving mineral concession under which the State government
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Agencies spar over Neela Hauz as it chokes on rubble
Medieval lake dies slow death even as PWD & DDA wrangle over clearing debris. The Delhi high court deadline to clear the mess ends this month Once a placid blue lake, the medieval Neela Hauz is choking. Debris continues to pile misery after the freefall of rubble from the newly built flyover straddling the lake. The high court
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Karnataka steel cos await report on mining ban
New Delhi The report of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on Karnataka’s mining sector, expected to be submitted to the Supreme Court this week, has the state steel industry on the tenterhooks. Steel companies in the state, including Kirloskar Ferrous Industries and BMM Ispat, are a worried
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Get down into sewerage pits, HC tells drainage board chiefs
‘Experience the plight of manual scavengers’ The High Court of Karnataka on Monday gave a dressing down to the chairpersons of Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board on their failure to implement its orders to prevent manual scavenging in the State.
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CPCB blames industries for polluting Brahmani
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has blamed the industries for polluting river Brahmani. In its report submitted to the Odisha High Court in response to a PIL filed in this connection, the
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Make license conditions of hookah joints tougher, high court tells BMC
Cracking whip against errant hookah parlours in the city, Bombay high court today directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to incorporate the rules under `Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act' (COTPA) in the license agreements. With this, the BMC will have the power to revoke the license if a hookah parlour violates COTPA rules. The division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Sha
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environment norms by an industry, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 14/03/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of B. Raghupathy Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/03/2019. The issue raised for consideration is the violation of the environment norms by K.S.
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Cycle rickshaws: getting a breather
There is finally some respite for cycle rickshaws from the Delhi High Court. Recently the chief justice bench while hearing a petition on lifting of ban on cycle rickshaws on the main arteries of Delhi
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of waste in the wetlands of Jammu & Kashmir, 27/08/2020
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raja Muzaffar Bhat Vs State of Jammu and Kashmir & Others dated 27/08/2020. The issue for consideration is prevention of unscientific dumping
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Report on waste dumping in village Ganwri on the banks of Kali river, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 27/08/2020
<p>Status report by Meerut Nagar Nigam in Original Application No. 77 of 2019. The issue for consideration was the remedial action against unscientific dumping of solid waste in village Ganwri on the bank
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HC asks govt to prove legality of dams across B’baria rivers
The High Court on Sunday directed the government to explain within four weeks why the makeshift roads in the form of dams across the River Titas and 17 other rivulets in Brahmanbaria, causing obstruction
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HC panel to ensure Yamuna directions are carried out
Irked that repeated court rulings have failed to end encroachments on the Yamuna river bed, Delhi High Court appointed a two-member panel to make sure civic bodies comply with directives to clean the
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Follow environmental laws in slaughter house: HC
Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking ban on a proposed slaughter house near the Ram Ganga river in Moradabad, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to take decision in this connection as per the pollution and environmental laws. The above order was passed by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Dr Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud and Justice Dilip Gupta on a PIL filed by Maa Ganga Mukti Samiti.