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 …
consumer protection and environmental regulations are quite an important part of the economic agenda of developed countries today. It is the pressure created by activists, environmental groups and various non-government organisations that has brought about this shift. But in this age of free market economy and trade liberalisation, the dialectical …
russia's Supreme Court recently overturned parts of a presidential decree that gave a Russian metallurgical plant carte blanche to import and store spent nucleur fuel. Though Russia's constitution prohibits the import of nuclear waste for storage and disposal, President Boris Yeltsin's ukase , signed in 1992, gave the Gorno-Khimichesky combine …
the government proposes to pass a National Environment Protection Act which would replace all the existing national and state-level pollution control rules and regulations. The Act might include a new pollution control tax called environmental cess. The Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) recently finalised the Draft Environment Protection Bill, 1996 …
To enforce the use of unleaded petrol in existing two-and three-wheeler vehicles, the Supreme Court of India recently directed the Union government to submit a scheme for supply of unleaded petrol initially in Delhi to fulfil the requirements of 2.2 million two and three-wheeler owners. The court gave the order …
even as India is preparing for a showdown with the us on the issue of intellectual property rights, the European Union ( eu ) fired another salvo by joining forces with the us . Both are pressurising India to change its Patent Act (1978) in conformity with its World Trade …
The American tobacco industry has hit back with a vengeance. Following President Clinton's announcement of wide ranging restrictions on cigarette advertising (Down To Earth, Vol 5, No 8), the industry has vowed to take the battle to the courts. And what is more, the White House has been forced to …
The Supreme Court of India recently slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on about 900 tanneries in Tamil Nadu for causing pollution in their surrounding areas. The tanneries would face closure if the fine is not deposited by October 31. The court also requested the Madras High Court to constitute …
the Japanese (who else?) are stealing a march over other industrialised nations in recycling. While earlier it was the law for the promotion of utilisation of recyclable resources passed in 1992 which forced industries to improve recycling methods, it is now the law for the promotion of sorted collection and …
water in the us will now flow with a guarantee. President Bill Clinton recently signed a bill designed to upgrade municipal water systems in view of the deteriorating water standards. The new law also lays the onus on local water agencies to inform the public annually on the chemical contents …
in what may turn out to be a case of substantial significance, the Supreme Court (sc) has dismissed a special leave petition filed by the chief conservator of forests (ccf), Gujarat. The petition had sought to review an order passed by the industrial tribunal in Ahmedabad, to provide permanent employment …
The fast-depleting forests of the Western Ghats will be the subject of a US $11 million-project which was recently endorsed by the United Nations Environment Programme. The project will involve the traditional wisdom and practices of indigenous people for conservation of the region's biodiversity. The Delhi government decided on August …
Three officials of the Marcopper Mining Corporation in the Philippines have been named in a criminal prosecution launched by the Philippine government last month. The officials have been accused of negligence for allowing a copper mill - on the Marindique island - to leak toxic waste into the Boac river …
Henceforth, all cases relating to pollution pending with the Supreme Court of India, will be dealt by the high courts of the respective states. This was decided by the apex court in a ruling given last month. The judges also transferred a case involving tanneries in the North Arcot district …
Anti-pollution measures have been introduced by the government to control growing vehicular emissions in Nepal. Data from two months of emission tests has revealed that emission levels of four-wheelers were higher than the prescribed limit. Polluting vehicles whose emission levels are not brought down even after a stipulated two month …
an amendment to the Danish law of environmental protection stipulates as of June, 1996, that foreign countries about to buy shut-down and potentially dangerous industrial plants, must receive full information about their environmental consequences. The law does not ban the transfer of such technology. It merely stipulates that authorities in …
the much abused Huai river in China seems to have won a reprieve after a small but increasing number of environmentalists fought against it being used as an outlet to discharge industrial sludge. The environmental protection bureau recently issued an order to shut down all paper mills - numbering a …
Smokers will find it all the more difficult to take a puff as a recently enforced law prohibits smoking in enclosed places. But the law does not carry any punitive measures in case it is broken. The Congress passed a law last month, sanctioned by President Cardoso, which bans smoking …
In the ongoing battle over beef, UK suffered yet another defeat when the European Court of Justice rejected its demand for an immediate lifting of the ban on its beef exports. The court in Luxembourg dismissed UK's argument that the ban was purely an economic strategy tailored to protect continental …
The Supreme Court of India recently directed the Gujarat government to stop felling trees in the Narayan Sarovar Chin kara Sanctuary in Kutch to clear the ground for a mega cement factory. The ruling was given on an appeal filed by the Consumer Education Research Centre of Ahmedabad three years …
Has the fear about a stolen future really hit us legislators? Till the end of May, the debate over what is surely the most controversial book of the year (The Stolen Future, by Theo Colborn and others) had been acrimonious. The book had said that pesticides and persistent organic compounds …
