Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
Victims of a toxic waste spill scandal in Ivory Coast won a High Court case on Thursday against their British law firm. The claimants complained that solicitors Leigh Day failed to ensure a compensation package of USD 8.6 million in damages reached them. In 2009 the oil company had agreed …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hotel Le Traveltino Patil Vs. DPCC dated 20/06/2016 regarding Hotel Le Traveltino not having obtained the necessary consent of establishment. Tribunal directs the hotel to pay environmental compensation of Rs. 2.5 Lakhs for violation of the laws, particularly the Air …
NEW DELHI: The Centre may be pro-active in extending financial assistance to drought-hit states, but activists who visited the affected areas to monitor the situation have found that the compliance of the Supreme Court order on implementing various central schemes to provide relief to distressed farmers remained absent on the …
The High Court today ordered owners of 154 tanners based in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area to pay Tk 50,000 per day each in compensation for damaging the environment. The tanners will have to pay the compensation to state fund until they relocate their industries to Savar. Following a petition filed by …
Encroaching on Land and Livelihoods examines whether national expropriation laws in 30 countries across Asia and Africa follow the international standards established in Section 16 of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGTs). Section 16 …
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of section 10 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (No. 30 of 2013), the Central Government, hereby, notifies that the acquisition of agricultural land in aggregate for all projects in a …
The National Green Tribunal has slammed the Haryana government over illegal sand mining and extraction of minerals on the floodplains of Yamuna in the state and directed it to submit a report on the violations and action it has taken to check them. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice …
The vigilance wing of JNPT is conducting an independent inquiry into the role of some officers "misguiding authorities on the status of PAP land". This new inquiry follows the departmental inquiry report, which was submitted in March-April, said chairman Anil Diggikar. He also told TOI on Wednesday that the Union …
One of the iconic residential projects in the city – TVH ‘Quadrant’– managed to get away with a penalty of Rs 1 crore for violating environmental norms. Several high-profile individuals that include members of the judiciary who invested in the project are breathing a sigh of relief. The southern bench …
Art of Living on Monday refuted the allegations that its three day mega event had damaged Yamuna floodplains and hinted that it may approach the Supreme Court against the National Green Tribunal's order which asked it to pay Rs 5 crore as compensation. Art of Living claimed that there has …
Willing to be pushed only thus far, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) not only threw out the Art of Living's plea to substitute the almost Rs 5 crore penalty it owes with a bank guarantee, it also slapped a Rs 5,000 fine on the Sri Sri Ravi Shankar-run outfit for …
The next hearing in the matter is on July 11, in which all states will have to present data on vehicular population. Amid the see-sawing developments over the much debated upon diesel car ban in several states in the nation, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday gave three weeks …
The over 50 representations made orally and on paper included people’s complaint that they were not compensated adequately. Hyderabad: Activists of Human Rights Forum on Tuesday opposed the setting up of a 5x800 MW thermal power plant at Damaracherla in Nalgonda district, popularly known as Yadadri power plant. At a …
Nagpur: A policy to permanently shut polluting industries which are repeat offenders is in the offing at the state government. Maharashtra's minister of state for industries, mining and environment Pravin Pote-Patil said so far industries have been surviving despite flouting norms by shelling out monetary compensation. This will be put …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of `50 lakh on East Coast Railway (ECoR) for operating a railway siding without consent of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) at Jakhapura railway station in Jajpur district. The NGT has imposed the fine on the ECoR as environmental …
DABI, BUNDI DISTRICT: On the 55-km bus ride from Kota to Dabi, the desert spreads out right till the horizon. Such unhindered view of land meeting sky is rare for the city-bred. Along the route, one chances on mini-tornadoes , as the wind swirls up sand in the heat. One …
The Government of Goa is pleased to frame the following policy on procurement of land under Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (30 of 2013) for direct procurement of land to set up public purposes projects on priority basis and the said …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Aswini Kumar Dhal Vs Odisha Pollution Control Board & Others dated 25/05/2016 regarding severe air and water pollution caused by a railway siding/stack yard in Jakhpura railway station Jajpur district, Odisha. NGT finds the East-Coast Railway …
Upon expiry of 30 days from Monday if any vehicle is found to be violating this direction, it shall pay Rs 5000 as environmental compensation and this will be collected by traffic police or pollution control board. The circuit bench of the National Green Tribunal on Monday banned light and …
In the past six months, 67 big construction projects around the Capital have been fined a total of Rs.1.18 crore for flouting dust-control norms by the Delhi Pollution Control Board (DPCB), which issued 139 notices to these sites. The projects, which include 14 sites of the Delhi Metro, are all …
