Counter affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in the matter of Pradeep Singh Shekhawat Vs State of Assam & Others dated 30/01/2025. The application complained about the illegal constructions, including the illegal construction of road to Bhuban Hill, within the Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary located …
Counter affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in the matter of Pradeep Singh Shekhawat Vs State of Assam & Others dated 30/01/2025. The application complained about the illegal constructions, including the illegal construction of road to Bhuban Hill, within the Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary located …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mathew Gonmei Vs State of Manipur & Others dated 20/03/2024. The Original Application has been filed by the Applicant stating that Zeiladjang village, of which the applicant is a resident, is surrounded by Zeilad Wildlife Sanctuary with Zeilad lake and …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Uttarakhand & Others Vs Nandan Singh Bora & Others dated 27/02/2024. The matter was related to mining and stone crushers operating within the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary. The SC pointed out vide order dated …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Arun Sharma Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 15/01/2024. Issue raised in the application are the violation of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, …
Gujarat which is home to the Asiatic lion, wild ass and other important species like blackbuck, great Indian bustard, greater and lesser flamingos, does not have a state-specific forest policy. The CAG in its report, ‘Performance Audit of Protection, Conservation and Management of Wildlife Sanctuaries in Gujarat-2023’, which was tabled …
Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: T N Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/04/2023. The Union of India had filed the application seeking modification/clarification of the order passed by the SC, June 3, 2022 (IA No 1000 of 2003 in WP …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Pandey Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 04/01/2023. Grievance in the application is against illegal excavation of sand from Son river by obstructing the river stream at village Thatara, district Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh by …
Report filed by the Office of the Collector and District Magistrate, Keonjhar on the operation of Kantipal Stone Quarry located in Anandapur tahasil, Kendujhar district, Odisha. The joint committee conducted a field visit to Kantipal stone quarry area, November 14, 2022. It was observed that the major mining pits are …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vireshwar Singh Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/09/2022. The application sought enforcement of the NGT order, June 10, 2021 (E.A. No. 47/2019 in O.A. No. 325/2018, Gaurav Kumar Bansal v. UOI & Ors) directing finalization of notification under …
The Judgment of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/06/2022. The apex court directed that each protected forest (national park/wildlife sanctuary) must have an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of minimum one kilometre measured from the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of R. K. Singh Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/12/2021. The applicant has alleged that the government of Jharkhand and the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change have failed to declare the eco-sensitive zone …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramesh Malik & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/06/2021. The application seeks execution of order of the NGT, March 25, 2021 in Original Application No. 78/2021 directing a joint Committee of the State Level Environment Impact Assessment …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gaurav Kumar Bansal Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/06/2021. This application is for execution of order of the NGT, May 31, 2019 directing issuance of requisite notification under section 26A of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 for protection …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Umashankar Patwa & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/06/2021. The question in consideration was whether Hindustan Institute of Technology & Management and Anand Engineering College are within the wildlife sanctuary notified by Uttar Pradesh as “Soor Sarovar …
Order of the Orissa High Court in the matter of W.P.(C) PIL No.7118 of 2021 regarding conservation of Olive Ridley turtles. An affidavit on behalf of Bikash Ranjan Dash, Divisional Forest Officer, Mangrove Forest Division (Wildlife), Rajnagar has been placed on record before the court. It sets out the steps …
Order of the Orissa High Court in the matter of W.P.(C) No. 7118 of 2021 - PIL. The matter related to conservation of Olive Ridley turtles. An article dated February 4, 2021 published in Down to Earth and authored by Ashis Senapati has been brought to the notice of the …
Report of the Joint Committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (SZ) vide order of November 23, 2020 in Original Application No. 246 of 2020. An application was registered by the NGT, Southern Zone on the basis of the newspaper report published in newspaper in Dinamani Daily. It was said …
Submission of joint report of Chief Wildlife Warden, Maharashtra and Assistant Inspector General, NTCA in the matter of Sachin Rangari Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 21/01/2021. The matter related to felling of trees and digging/excavation of murum sand in Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve, Gondia and Bhandara districts of Maharashtra. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Katiya Haidarali Ahmadbhai & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 23/09/2020. The matter related to illegal encroachment in Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch. It was said that thousands of illegal salt industries were running in the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Umashankar Patwa & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 18/09/2020. The question for consideration is whether Hindustan Institute of Technology & Management, Agra (HIT) and Anand Engineering College, Agra (AEC) are within the Wildlife Sanctuary notified by the …
