<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
The beautification plan for Line Tank can well be its death knell, too. The irony of the project is that the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC), its custodian, was not taken into confidence about the damaging changes being effected by the Ranchi Regional Development Authority (RRDA), the agency in charge of the beautification plan.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging a Delhi Government notification imposing a complete ban on use of plastic bags in the Capital, saying that
July 14: The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) has informed the AP High Court that 4,067 acres of forest land at Mamidipally and Kancha Imarath in Ranga Reddy district were de-reserved for non-forest purpose before the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 came into force.
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The guidelines for locating industries along the river banks as recommended by the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) will be in effect till the State Government approves Regional Plan 2011. The State Government on Monday filed an affidavit in this respect in Public Interest Litigation in a writ petition before High Court.
Construction of a new housing project adjacent to the Khurpa tal by the Army Welfare Housing Organization (AWHO) has caused afresh hue and cry among the villagers in the surrounding area when Dr. Ajay S. Rawat, Professor of History in Kumaon University filed a PIL against the illegal boring of groundwater in the area this January.
The Judiciary observes in the opening line of the judgement of the Supreme Court on CRZ pertaining to the Indian Council of Enviro-Legal action vs. Union of India 1996, that if the mere enactment of laws can ensure a clean environment, perhaps India would be pollution-free and opines that despite enactment of several laws the desired result has not been achieved due to their poor implementation.
Dehradun: The Nainital High Court has, in a landmark decision, directed that Irrigation Department properties worth more than Rs 1,000 crore in Uttarakhand, under the control of the UP Government, be handed over to Uttarakhand. Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has welcomed the decision of the bench comprising Justices B K Gupta and B K Bisht.
A petition seeking directions to revive the glory of sandalwood production in the State came up for hearing in the High Court on Wednesday. The petitioner, C H Basappanavar, a former chief conservator of forest in his PIL has sought directions to create special sandalwood production divisions in each of the districts to regain the lost glory of the State.
