Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
NEW DELHI: Shocked at the "complete apathy" in removing garbage from residential areas, the Delhi high court on Wednesday cracked the whip on civic agencies. In a specially convened hearing, a bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar got a news programme by a TV …
Court was hearing PILs seeking direction to prevent vector-borne diseases The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said the Aam Aadmi Party government should run awareness programmes on dengue and chikungunya the way the pan-India campaign on Swachh Bharat is being run. A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and …
Rules Violate Parent Act, Say Petitioners The Union government's controversial notification of May 23 banning the sale of cattle in animal markets for slaughter was stayed on Tuesday by the Madras high court. A vacation bench of Justice M V Muralidharan and Justice C V Karthikeyan, granting an interim stay …
NAINITAL: As the sun moves through the panoramic hills that surround the Naini lake each morning, a fleet of boats in all shades of colour with excited tourists crouching in tiny spaces becomes a common sight. Not much has changed in the scene since 1970s except that today, much to …
Nainital: As the sun moves through the panoramic hills that surround the Naini lake each morning, a fleet of boats in all shades of colour with excited tourists crouching in tiny spaces becomes a common sight. Not much has changed in the scene since 1970s except that today, much to …
Asks it not to hoodwink people; rejects old maps presented by officials Rejecting the maps of Dal Lake, which were presented to it by an official of the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA), the High Court today told the lake authority that it should not hoodwink the public and …
Well-publicised campaigns including street plays should be organised to spread awareness on vector borne diseases dengue and chikungunya, the Delhi high court said on Monday. Faulting the Centre and the three municipal corporations, the bench said they should wake up to the menace posed by the diseases. A bench of …
The court did not approve of a road being built through the forest. The national capital can turn into a desert if the green cover and forest land fall prey to illegal construction and encroachment, the Delhi High Court has observed. It said this environmental issue was a matter of …
A bench of Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Pratibha M. Singh said that instead of the court giving directions from time to time to curb air pollution. New Delhi: The high court proposed setting up of a standing task force to handle the issue of air pollution in the national …
A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and C V Bhadang was hearing a bunch of PILs with respect to malnutrition deaths in Melghat region and other tribal areas. The Bombay HC Wednesday directed the state to prepare a blueprint and chart an action plan for the next five …
RAJKOT/AHMEDABAD: Under the pretext of `local' protests in an election year, the Gujarat government is itching to reduce buffer zone around some important national parks and sanctuaries. But a 31-member parliamentary committee has asked the central government to disallow any such move as it will cause immense harm to the …
NEW DELHI: Unless senior officers get out of their airconditioned offices, nothing will happen, the Delhi high court said on Monday in a blunt message to AAP government and the corporations, as it sought to fix accountability to prevent dengue and chikangunya outbreak. "Who will give us a certificate that …
Pulls up authorities for failing’ to check encroachments on the water body Coming down heavily on the caretaker body Lakes and Waterways Department Authority (LAWDA) and the civil administration for their “lax approach and insufficient staff”, the Jammu & Kashmir High Court pulled them up for “failing” to preserve the …
Maharashtra government to act against those selling packaged drinking in unsealed containers, as per the per the amendment carried out in the laws on March 1. "If any fresh cause of action has arisen against anybody after amendment was made, it's apparent that the respondents have to apply their minds …
SHILLONG: The Greater Laban Community Development Society has approached the National Green Tribunal over encroachment on and pollution in the Critical Catchment Area in Lawsohtun. In its application to the eastern zone bench of the tribunal in Kolkata, the society said there is rampant felling of trees and illegal construction …
The Delhi high court scrapped on Wednesday a proposed Rs 1,275 crore residential project in Chandigarh on the grounds that it fell within the sensitive catchment area of the Sukhna lake. The project is promoted by the Tata Housing Development Company. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and justice …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Tamil Nadu Centre for Public Interest Litigation Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 13/04/2017 regarding distressing conditions of the farmers who are compelled to commit suicide in Tamil Nadu. Supreme Court directs the State of Tamil Nadu …
The Save Bondvoll Lake committee has filed a PIL in the high court praying that the lake, the mud road laid close to the Portuguese-era dam, and the steep slope in the dam's catchment area, be restored to their original state. It has also asked that the lake be opened …
NAINITAL: Ordering a "complete ban" on all mining activities+ in the state for four months, the Uttarakhand high court on Tuesday directed the state government to constitute a high-powered committee to look into various aspects of mining activities and find out whether mining activity should be permitted in the state …
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday directed the TS government to submit records pertaining to land acquisition for the Kalyani Khani Open Cast Mining' project in tribal areas in Mancherial district. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Shameem Akhter was dealing with a PIL …
