Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 17/02/2025. The matter related to conservation and protection of Delhi Ridge which is an extension of Aravali Range extending from Tughlakabad and branching out in Wazirabad in the north …
as the countdown to the 50th anniversary of India's independence progressed, 320 Members of Parliament ( mps) signed an appeal to the Prime Minister to save the tiger whose numbers have fallen drastically over the past 50 years. The signatories comprised 98 members of the Rajya Sabha and 222 member …
environmental and citizen's groups of Chennai have started a campaign to protect the Adyar creek and estuary, situated in the heart of the city. They say that developmental activities of the state government are a threat to the natural ecosystem and common lands. The creek and the estuary are habitat …
The Supreme Court has ordered the immediate suspension of mining operations by private companies in the scheduled forest areas of Andhra Pradesh. A large number of mining companies, including Hyderabad Abrasives Ltd, had challenged the order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court cancelling its license for mining in the tribal …
A division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has issued a notice to the State Pollution Board on a public interest writ petition complaining that the common effluent plant, located at Patancheru and Bollaram, instead of treating the pollutants was creating serious pollution. The petitioner, A Krishna Rao a …
Over 350 people have been killed in torrential rains in the current monsoon season across the country. Several regions in the northern region came to a standstill due to heavy downpour. Gujarat bore the brunt of the monsoon fury with 230 deaths, followed by Kerala, 64, Uttar Pradesh, 30, Karnataka, …
the Centre has been directed by the Delhi High Court to constitute a committee to explore alternative methods of power generation, including the use of solar energy to solve the problem of generator pollution in Delhi. Two separate public interest petitions seeking a ban on diesel-operated generators had been submitted …
The Karnataka High Court recently awarded damages worth Rs 21,000 to a petitioner Muniswamy Gowda, who had accused a rice milling industry of damaging his health. The court ordered the state government, the chairperson of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and the owner of the rice milling industry to …
A proposal to build a hill station by the Sahara India Housing Ltd (SIHL) near Lonavala in Pune district in Maharashtra, has been stayed by the Mumbai High Court. The court stopped SIHL from continuing with any work on the project and adjourned the matter for admission to July 8. …
Court has extended the time for setting up effluent treatment plants in the industrial estates of Vatwa, Naroda and Odhav in the outskirts of Ahmedabad till July 31. The extension was, however, applicable to only those industries which had paid Rs 2 per litre of effluent discharged towards the cost …
at a recent national consultation, the Union ministry of environment and forest's ( mef) draft bill proposing a legislation to check the piracy of Indian medicinal plants and microbes, was criticised by several experts. The latter found the bill's formulation to be inappropriate. While the ministry's draft bill seeks to …
The Madras High Court came down heavily on 44 dyeing and bleaching units in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, which have been ordered to close down for having failed to establish effluent treatment plants (ETPs). The court had, in March 1997, ordered all dyeing units in the area to install ETPs before …
The longest court case in Britain's history ended in a costly victory for McDonald's Corp of the US when two British environmental activists were ordered to pay the company US $98,000 in damages. The case cost the company a whopping US$16 million. In a trial that lasted for 314 days, …
The first lawsuit seeking damages for injury suffered through passive smoking in flight cabins began recently in Florida, USA. The case was filed by Norma Broin, a former airline stewardess, who is suffering from lung cancer. A non-smoker herself, she has blamed her illness on her exposure to secondhand smoke …
India won a major trade victory recently when the statutory Trademark Administrative Committee in Greece rejected the trademarks filed by a US company Rice Tec Inc on rice varieties claimed to be similar to the basmati varieties grown here. The decision will strengthen the position of Indian farmers and rice …
The Supreme Court (SC), on May 8 and 9, issued its latest order on the issue of the ban on non-forest, activities in the country. On December 12,1996, the apex court had imposed a blanket ban on the movement of timber within and from the northeast to any part of …
IN a significant judgement in the last week of May, the Supreme Court (SC) directed the government expert panel set up under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1949, to examine as to whether Ayurvedic, siddha or unani drugs are meeting the set standards and are fit for consumption. The case …
A lawsuit filed in the US district court in San Francisco has accused three pharmaceutical firms -Boots Co of UK, BASF AG of Germany and its US subsidiary Knoll Pharmaceuticals -of covering up a report questioning the effectiveness of a thyroid drug. The lawsuit alleges that the drug companies concealed …
HOPEFULLY, the public will now know. If a draft bill on the freedom of information, prepared by a 12-member committee, is accepted by the Union Cabinet,-the government will be under obligation to provide citizens with any information they ask for. Such a measure is more than welcome. The right to …
The Gujarat unit of People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) recently filed a petition in the High Court of Gujarat against the state government, the commissioner of industries and chief factory inspector of Gujarat alleging the failure of chemical and pharmaceutical industries in Ankleshwar to disclose information about the dangers …
In a recent order, the Supreme Court ofIndia directed the Union government to set up within two months a committee to decide on tri-monthly steps to either ban or restrict use of insecticides and chemical food additives which are hazardous to human health. The court observed that though some steps …
