Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Monday ordered a curb on all mining activities in a 10-km radius of the Rajaji National Park (RNP). The order comes in the wake of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a Haridwar resident, Mohammed Dilshad who alleged that mining activities were rampant …
Twelve iron ore renewed mining leases will not to be granted wildlife clearance for being located in the eco-sensitive zone of one kilometer of wildlife sanctuaries (WLS) and a national park. Though, the environment clearances (EC) of these mines are still kept in abeyance by the Ministry of Environment and …
CHENNAI: Many state governments have given their comments on the recommendations of the High-Level Committee that reviewed environmental laws and all such inputs will be considered together by the Centre, Union environment and forests minister Prakash Javadekar has said. "These are recommendations...many state governments have also given their comments and …
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar was in Kochi to launch the Union government's Free Pension scheme. It will be easy to get permission for projects but tough in case of violations under environment laws and views of state governments on the High-Level Committee recommendations on the issue will be considered, Union …
Composite licences' end-use can be reserved, if states ask for it The Union government is open to changing the rules where states have to obtain a conditional clearance under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, and Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, before auctioning a mining licence (ML) or composite licence. Moreover, …
MoEF urged to reject suggestion in draft policy In response to a recent change suggested in the draft wildlife policy on distinction between hunting and use of wildlife for cultural practices, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), along with other NGOs, has sent a letter to the Ministry of Environment, …
In a commendable initiative, villagers of three panchayats in Pali have come together and unanimously agreed to form a community reserve to protect the leopard. The draft notification of 'Jawai Bandh Leopard Community Reserve - T' is awaiting nod from the government. Once notified, it would be the largest community …
States have opposed a mines ministry proposal to grant conditional green clearances to mineral-bearing areas even before they are put up for auction. The suggestion, made in a draft of rules prepared for the auction of iron, manganese bauxite and limestone mines, has surprised state officials and upset environmentalists. The …
The Gujarat government’s ambitious ‘Statue of Unity’ project now faces a legal hurdle as a group of activists from Gujarat has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT), demanding a stay on the construction of the project, claiming that it does not have environmental clearance. The construction for the 180-metre statue …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Sunil Shetye Vs. M/s. Leading Hotels Limited & Ors dated 16/04/2015 regarding the establishment of M/S. Leading Hotels Limited, on the ground that, it is in blatant violation of all environmental norms.
The Environment Ministry has approached the Supreme Court to free the process of wildlife clearance for infrastructure projects from the apex court’s monitoring, citing delays due to the “extremely convoluted and time consuming” procedure. The ministry’s Interlocutory Application (IA), signed on April 9, comes nine months after it was first …
Wildlife activists are up in arms after a group of tourists entered the core area of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in the Nilgiris and took out a night safari with the help of forest officials on Wednesday. They continued their stay in the reserve, taking shelter in an anti-poaching camp …
The government will hold a two-day national conference next week as a final step of consultations before bringing amendments in existing green laws, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said. The conference, to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be attended by Chief Ministers and Environment Ministers from across …
The Environment Ministry will meet the Chief Ministers and State Environment Ministers on April 6-7 for final consultations on the proposed changes in the existing green laws to help link them with country’s development and economic growth agenda. The two-day meeting will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According …
NAGPUR: Even as tree felling between Mansar and Khawasa on NH-7 has started, debate over four-laning of the road fails to end. After TOI exposed union environment minister's Prakash Javadekar's double standards on the widening, conservationists have red-flagged violation and dilution of multiple laws in a bid to widen NH-7. …
Number of tigers died in 2014 has increased to 78, due to both poaching and natural reasons, parliament was informed on Tuesday. In 2013, number cases of tiger death were 68 and in 2012 it was at 89, enviornment minister Prakash Javadekar said in a written reply to a question …
Agra: More trouble is in store for the Sharda Group of Institutions. After its Anand Engineering College, another institute of the group, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Management (HITM), is now under scanner of the National Green Tribunal for allegedly violating environment and wildlife norms. Admitting a petition of DK …
Nagpur: Though Maharashtra has become the first state to digitize the trial court orders and put it in public domain, a review of judgments delivered in the last six years shows that of the 147 court orders under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (WPA), only 17 have recorded convictions, or …
