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 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Maria Filomena Furtado & Others Vs Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority & Others dated 02/07/2015 regarding violations of CRZ Notification, 1991.
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that putting an enforcement mechanism for various green laws will be a priority of his Ministry in the second year. Advocating amendments to existing environment laws, Javadekar said that periodic review of laws is needed every 10-15 years as circumstances and technology keep changing. …
With the onset of monsoon, the forest department has come up with a two-pronged plan to counter deforestation on Kharghar hills and prevent unplanned tree hacking by local tribals. A massive plantation drive will be undertaken on the hills to cover the barren patches caused due to quarrying activities and …
GANDHINAGAR: A high-level committee, headed by former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian to review the various environment laws, has observed that they are not actually serving the purpose in the changed environment and that they need more teeth to be effective. The committee has said that there is a …
VADODARA: Three affidavits were filed by the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), union ministry of environment, forests (MoEF) and Larsen Toubro Ltd (L&T;) in response to the notice issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), western zone with regard to the Statue of Unity project at Narmada district's Kevadia …
A bill which will drastically increase penalties for those violating green norms is under consultations and will be tabled in the Winter Session of Parliament. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar while addressing a press conference on completion of one year of NDA government said that the bill has been presently circulated …
Petition dismissed on grounds that one petitioner, Environment Support Group, has private interest in the matter The principal bench of the High Court of Karnataka comprising of acting Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee and Justice Ram Mohan Reddy today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the widening of most …
GSPCB directs Transport Dept to dismantle all multi-toned and pressure horns PANJIM Vehicles with multi-toned horns and buses – government and private – with pressure horns are set to face the rap for violating noise pollution standards, with the state pollution authority directing the Transport Department to dismantle all such …
DUGGIRALA (Guntur): As many as eight villages in Duggirala and Tenali mandals in Guntur district are bearing the brunt of toxic release from CCL Products (India) Ltd, a coffee exporting company operating in Duggirala. Hundreds of families and thousands of acres in Kolakaluru, Penumuli, Rama Nagar Colony, Gandhi Nagar, Kopalla, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Kashinath Jairam Shetye & Others Vs Dempo Towers & Others dated 29/05/2015 regarding stay of all commercial activities like restaurant, wine shop, lubricant shop and any other commercial activities in the Chalta No.1/PTS no.10 of Panjim …
Legal challenge of EC and CRZ clearance for Golf Course project pending; Mandrem village is a turtle nesting site, fact cannot be overlooked, says NGT; project could be category A and EC from MoEF could be necessary PANJIM: While proceedings in the National Green Tribunal, including an appeal challenging the …
The Environment Ministry is mulling stringent penalties, including financial and criminal action, for violators by bringing amendments to the Environment Protection Act and creating a "reign of enforcement". Rating itself six on a scale of 10 for its first year's performance, it said it wants to increase people's participation in …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rajeev Suri Vs. Ministry of Urban Development dated 28/05/2015 regarding ban on the work of redevelopment of the existing Central Government Housing project, Kidwai Nagar (East) New Delhi, particularly, on the work of digging deep basements …
The Orissa State Pollution Control Board on Sunday decided to seal 60 hotels in Puri for allegedly violating pollution norms laid down by the National Green Tribunal. OSPCB regional officer (Bhubaneswar) Hadibandhu Panigrahi said the board was asked by the NGT to slap closure notice on the hotels on May …
PUNE: Expressing concern about the city and the region losing its wetlands to untamed urbanisation, experts have demanded that urban ecology should be a part of the city's infrastructure development plan. "Urbanisation in Pune is a pervasive and rapidly-growing form of change in land use. Especially, the encroachment around water …
NOIDA: The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the Union environment and forest ministry (MoEF) to present the expert committee report on the River Regulation Zone while hearing a plea against encroachments on the floodplains of the Yamuna and Hindon. The tribunal told the government it wants the report by …
Varanasi Municipal Corporation's employees flout National Green Tribunal (NGT) ban daily by burning mounds of garbage in open. While many are unaware of the ban on burning garbage in the open, a few knowledgeable ones did take up the issue with authorities. However, they soon wilted under the official indifference. …
A group of 11 residents of Urali Devachi and Phursungi have filed a petition with the western zonal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) about how the garbage depot in the vicinity of their villages continues to operate in violation of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the Municipal …
CHENNAI: Many state governments have given their comments on the recommendations of the High-Level Committee that reviewed environmental laws and all such inputs will be considered together by the Centre, Union environment and forests minister Prakash Javadekar has said. "These are recommendations...many state governments have also given their comments and …
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar was in Kochi to launch the Union government's Free Pension scheme. It will be easy to get permission for projects but tough in case of violations under environment laws and views of state governments on the High-Level Committee recommendations on the issue will be considered, Union …
