Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Gopanpally lake pollution, Hyderabad, Telangana, May 1, 2025
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled “Locals claim pollution killing fish in Gopanpally lake; officials to inspect” appearing in The Times of India dated 15.04.2025" dated May 1, 2025.
The application was registered suo motu on the basis of the news …
Order of the Supreme Court on the matter of felling of trees in and around Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ), Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 07/05/2025
The Supreme Court (SC), May 1, 2025 made it clear that all applications would have to be made to the court seeking permission to fell trees irrespective of the number of trees to be felled as far as areas located within an aerial distance of 5 kilometers from the Taj …
Order of the Supreme Court regarding untapped drains in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 01/05/2025
Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of M C Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/05/2025.
The SC perused the affidavits filed on behalf of the Municipal Corporation, Agra and Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Urban). Affidavit, April 11, 2025 filed by the Municipal Corporation, Agra …
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining of laterite stone, Ulliyeri village, Kozhikode, Kerala, 01/05/2025
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Surjith Kumar Nanu Vs State of Kerala & Others.
The allegation of the applicant is that the mines of laterite stone is being done by Ashraf K in Palloramala hills affecting over 80.94 acres of land of Ulliyeri village. …
Report by Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) on a proposed underground sewer line beneath the walkway of Puttenahalli lake, Karnataka, 01/05/2025
Report on behalf of Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order dated April 24, 2025. An application was filed before the NGT by Yelahanka-Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust, praying for stopping the construction of a pipeline on a walking path of …
Affidavit filed by the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board illegal and polluting kilns/crucibles along the Haryana-Rajasthan border near the Aravalli range, 01/05/2025
Short affidavit on behalf of the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) in terms of the National Green Tribunal order dated January 22, 2025.
The application was registered suo motu by the NGT on the basis of a news item titled "Toxic kilns pollution Aravallis; wildlife and locals suffer" …
Disruption and Disarray: An analysis of pangolin scale and ivory trafficking, 2015-2024
In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
Access and Benefit Sharing: New rules for use of biodiversity
The National Biodiversity Authority has released a new set of rules to manage sharing of benefits generated through the use of biological resources. The Biological Diversity (Access to biological Resources and Knowledge Associated thereto and Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits) Regulation 2025 was approved by the Central government and …
Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) regarding use of environmental compensation funds, 29/04/2025
Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’.
NGT had directed CPCB to file …
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of fly ash in river Muri Ganga, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, 29/04/2025
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of In Re: Sinking Ba’deshi vessel dumps toxic fly ash in river near Ghoramara, shows video shared by panchayat member News item published in the Times of India Kolkata Section dt 17.02.2025 dated 29/04/2025.
West Bengal …