<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of All India Drug Action Network & Others Vs Union of India Ministry of Health & Others dated 13/09/2023. Additional Solicitor General informed
With the protest against Koodankulam nuclear power plant entering its second year, the Madras High Court hearing two petitions against the project Thursday came down on union ministers, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). "Hearing the two petitions, the Madras High Court came down heavily on the union ministers, saying that they respect only the Supreme Court and not the other courts. The court also asked how central ministers can announce KKNPP (Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project) commissioning date when a case is being heard," P. Sundararajan, a lawyer, told IANS.
A public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Bombay High Court has alleged that an unholy nexus of contractors, officers and politicians has siphoned off Rs 26,000 crore meant for irrigation projects
All cases on environmental issues — save those related to wildlife — will be transferred to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which is not fully operational even more than a year after it was set up.
Jaipur: The alleged threat of radiation from mobile towers has now made the high court look up. The Rajasthan high court, while hearing a case related to heath hazards due to mobile tower radiations on Thursday, demanded statistics from the state government on the number of cancer patients undergoing treatment and those who have died in Jaipur. The data, along with steps taken to address public concern over the radiation, has been sought by August 16.
Jaipur: The Rajasthan high court, while hearing a case related to heath hazards due to mobile tower radiations, on Thursday sought data from the state on the number of cancer patients undergoing treatment
The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notices to a dozen reputed private hospitals of the city for their failure to comply with its previous order that free treatment be given to patients from economically weaker sections. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notices to 12 hospitals, including the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and St. Stephen’s Hospital, and sought their replies by August 30 on a plea seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against them for their failure to comply with the court’s March 22, 2007 order.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ordered the civic bodies — the trifurcated MCDs and the NDMC to file a detailed status report within a week on steps taken by them to prevent waterlogging in the Capital.
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court suggested that the state government review its policy regarding gauchar land and its allocation, and asks it to evolve a “workable and practicable” policy. The court said so with observation that it should revisit all resolutions passed time to time particularly if the government cannot adhere to its own policy. This suggestion came from the bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala, which dismissed a PIL filed by villagers from Banaskantha district.
Supreme Court gave six months to the Central and the Madhya Pradesh governments to dispose of toxic waste lying in and around the abandoned Union Carbide factory in Bhopal for the past 28 years. Read this order.
The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State government to immediately provide security to Veerendra Patil, an advocate hailing from Talaguppa village in Soraba taluk of Shimoga district, who had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition complaining about the encroachment of about 400 acres of forest land. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice Aravind Kumar issued oral direction in this regard when Mr. Patil moved an application complaining that encroachers had attacked his family members and had caused extensive damage to their property on August 5.
