Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Chhattisgarh and Odisha kept in dark, statutory public hearings not held and clearances never sought in 2 states Without completing the statutory public hearings in Odisha and Chhattisgarh, Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar has done away with a stop-work order against the Polavaram dam, allowing construction work …
The parliamentary committee finds force in view of experts The controversial High Level Committee report that reviewed the green laws in 2014 has been junked by a Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC). It found force in views of environmental experts who feared its implementation would result in unnecessary dilution of the …
A Parliamentary panel has recommended formation of a new committee to consider afresh specific areas of environmental policy after it found the objections raised by experts on the proposals of a high-level committee constituted to review green laws as "valid". The Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Environment and …
This report tabled by Parliamentary standing committee on Science and Technology in the Rajya Sabha has asked the Ministry of Enviroment and Forests to appoint a new high-level committee to review environmental laws Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests present this Two Hundred and Sixty-third …
The National Green Tribunal today pulled up the government for failing to come up with a study on plastic packaging of products and generation of such municipal waste, saying the people should know whether its use is harmful. "Plastic has been a controversial subject for years now. Somebody has to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Aviation Employees Co-operative House Building Society Ltd. Vs. Commissioner, EDMC dated 16/07/2015 regarding noise and air pollution caused by unauthorized auto shops and building material shops, Delhi.
AGARTALA: Tripura has imposed a total ban on the use, manufacture, import, storage and sale of plastic bags in the state in view of its harmful effect on the environment, official said here on Tuesday. The decision was taken under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, and the Plastics Waste (Management …
Panaji/Vasco: The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) on Friday issued show-cause notices to 149 owners of hutments along Baina beach, Vasco, asking them to file replies within 15 days. GCZMA also directed them to furnish proof of permissions taken by them form various authorities for the construction, reconstruction or …
SHIMLA: It was the concern for melting glaciers and blacking of snow that forced National Green Tribunal (NGT) to order banning of commercial activity at Rohtang Pass. But an RTI query has revealed that there is no glacier at the top of Rohtang Pass and the ministry of environment and …
NAGPUR: The landmark judgment by principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi, quashing office memorandum (OM) of Union ministry of environment & forest on clearance of projects involving violation of Environment Protection Act, 1986, has cast a shadow on at least six irrigation projects in Maharashtra, three of them …
PANAJI: In a significant order that is likely to have a bearing on a few controversial construction projects in Goa, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has prohibited the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and state environment impact assessment authority (SEIAA) in the entire country from giving effect to two …
In a landmark judgement, the National Green Tribunal has quashed the office memoranda (OM) issued by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEF) on Dec 12, 2012 & June 27, 2013 for “consideration of proposals for TORs/Environment Clearance/ Coastal Regulatory Zone clearance involving violation of the Environment …
The National Green Tribunal today quashed two office memoranda of the Environment Ministry dealing with the issue of clearances for major and minor projects, saying they suffered from infirmity of "lack of inherent jurisdiction and authority." The tribunal held as "ultra vires" the December 12, 2012 and June 27, 2013 …
The Centre on Tuesday will hold a crucial meeting on Western Ghats where environment ministers of six states - Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu - will discuss the progress made by them in physically demarcating ecologically sensitive area (ESA) along 1,500 kilometers of the western cost. The …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 07/07/2015. According to the Applicant, the State is under a constitutional duty in terms of Article 51A of the Constitution of India, to protect and improve the …
The following draft notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), is hereby published for the information of public likely to be affected thereby; and the notice is hereby given that the said draft notification shall be taken into consideration on …
The following draft notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), is hereby published for the information of public likely to be affected thereby; and the notice is hereby given that the said draft notification shall be taken into consideration on …
The following draft notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), is hereby published for the information of public likely to be affected thereby; and the notice is hereby given that the said draft notification shall be taken into consideration on …
The following draft notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), is hereby published for the information of public likely to be affected thereby; and the notice is hereby given that the said draft notification shall be taken into consideration on …
The following draft notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), is hereby published for the information of public likely to be affected thereby; and the notice is hereby given that the said draft notification shall be taken into consideration on …
