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 …
The Jetpur Dyeing and Printing Association, Ahmedabad, has been directed by the Gujarat High Court to present a scheme to the Rajkot collector for solving the problem of water pollution caused by the sari printing and dyeing units in the state before September 6. The division bench has asked the …
Swamped by petitions, seeking environment redressal across the country, the Supreme Court has sought the help of lawyers' associations to devise means for reducing pollution and cleansing the environment. The call for help was in the wake of a petition filed by the 'Ganatantrik Nagrik Samiti'of Howrah, West Bengal, which …
International law is heading rapidly towards protecting the environment; it will gradually replace the initiative taken by national governments to base such laws on national public opinion. Between 1946, when the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling was first adopted, and 1994, when the International Convention to Combat Desertification …
FROM the look of things, the age of environmental justice has arrived: the courts everywhere in the country, especially in Gujarat and Delhi, are issuing orders for the closure of polluting units right, left and centre. The NGOs are exuberant. The workers are worried about losing their jobs. State governments …
Smoking in public places may soon become a punishable offence in Delhi. With effect to this, on August 7, Delhi state health minister Harsh Vardhan introduced a bill- christened as the "Delhi Prohibition of Smoking and Non-smokers Health Protection Bill" -in the legislative assembly. The first of its kind to …
Environmental squads to monitor and control pollution may soon make their appearance all over the country, as per a recent Supreme Court order. The squads will mainly play the role of watchdogs, keeping an eye on vehicular and industrial emissions. They will also be empowered to decide and act on …
Microsoft Corp, the US software giant, has been given breathing space by the nation's Justice Department. The company, all set to launch its new, much-vaunted operating system, Windows 95 -- which is expected to create a revolution in the world of electronics -- ran into trouble when it decided to …
The Supreme Court's efforts to improve the environment around the Taj Mahal seem to be blessed. The expert committee formed by the ministry of environment and forests at the Court's bidding recently called for stricter emission standards, reduction in coal/coke consumption by foundries and the use of cleaner fuels and …
The iron hand of the law has fastened on the Rourkela steel plant. Owned by the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), it has been served a show-cause notice for bucking the Anti-Pollution Act. Ten units of the plant have been found to be emitting excessive iron and coal particles, …
MELANCHOLIA, with its miasma of tearful pomp and self-flagellating candour, is turning out to be the US's most unforgettable characteristic. Take Republican senator Bob Dole. "I regret that we have failed the American people again," he said, honking of elephantine angst. His attempts 'last month to ram the Regulatory Reform …
In view of the pollution caused to the Reth river by the tanneries near Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh, the High Court has directed the state pollution control board to provide the details of the chemical examination report of the river waters within a fortnight. The Lucknow bench order was passed …
The Supreme Court's directive on saving the coastal zone in West Bengal is being followed religiously by the state pollution control board. Prawn farms will no longer function unless they follow environmental guidelines designed to save the Sunderbans ecosystem. The farms, until now functioning without any clearance, have been asked …
Interpreting the word "harm" -- used in the Endangered Species Act, 1973 -- in favour of the environmentalist lobby, the US Supreme Court recently upheld an Interior Department regulation to protect species like the northern spotted owl and the red-cockaded woodpecker. The regulation includes destruction of an endangered animal's habitat …
Buried under the weight of injury claims filed by thousands of women who have used silicone breast implants, the Dow Corning Corporation filed for bankruptcy protection in a federal court in Bay City, Michigan, US in May. This move will preempt all new lawsuits and efforts to settle existing litigation …
Reacting to the report filed recently in the Supreme Court by the Pune-based National Environmental Engineering Institute, the Aquaculture Foundation of India (AFI) has decided to file a counter petition in the Court before the case on banning the aquaculture industry in the country comes up for hearing on August …
Who will dispense justice in Hong Kong once the British pack up and leave? The issue has evoked a heated debate between Britain and China. Britain is all for setting up the independent Court of Final Appeal, which she claims is designed to protect the rule of law after China …
FOLLOWING the Supreme Court's strict orders on the environ front, West Bengal's anti-pollution enforcement agencies are on red alert. Calcutta's cops are insisting that vehicle owners now have to get their "Pollution Under Control" (Puc) chits issued only from centres approved by the state government. Apparently, during one of those …
Close on the heels of a Supreme Court directive to relocate Delhi's most polluting industries comes a Gujarat High Court judgement ordering the closure of 70 industries in the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation Vapi industrial estate. Delivered on April 18, the order gave the industries 48 hours to comply. Water …
THE seething controversy over local rights to collect forest produce in national parks and sanctuaries in Madhya Pradesh may force a review of wildlife legislation. These local rights were challenged recently in the Supreme Court by Vanya, a Panchmarhi-based conservationist group, following the revoking of a ban order on forest …
AMERICAN greens are seeing red. April 22 this year, the 25th anniversary of Earth Day, saw them bludgeoning the Republicans with slogans and protests. America"s environmentalists, so far one of the most influential pressure groups in the country, have never felt so betrayed before. Congress" attempts to "remodel" the major …
