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 …
BP Plc won a legal reprieve in its effort to force the administrator of a settlement related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to tighten standards in assessing claims, potentially sparing the oil company billions of dollars of extra costs. A divided 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …
A public interest litigation writ petition was filed before the High Court on Sunday seeking stay on the proposed coal-fired power plant at Rampal near Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, until assessment of the environmental impact of the project,. The petitioners, four lawyers of the Supreme Court, also sought …
Citgo Petroleum Corp has agreed to reduce air pollution and pay penalty to resolve environmental violations at refineries in Louisiana and Illinois, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday. The company would pay $737,000 as a civil penalty and implement projects designed to reduce toxic emissions over the next …
In a dispute stemming from a lengthy legal battle over Amazon rain forest pollution, arbitrators ruled that Chevron had already settled claims for damages in agreements with Ecuador despite a $19 billion award against the oil company. The international tribunal, acting under The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration, said in …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a good number of shopkeepers Taka 80,000 for trading in banned polythene shopping bags. A mobile court of the department headed by Executive Magistrate Md Shamsul Alam conducted a raid in the area and recovered huge polythene shopping bags worth about Taka 8 …
A U.S. appeals court will hold an expedited hearing for a small group of claimants in a Gulf spill settlement with BP Plc, with oral arguments set for the week of November 4, the court said on Friday. BP's settlement with individuals and businesses affected by the 2010 spill in …
A proposal that came up during the just concluded 2nd South Asian judicial roundtable Conference: The judiciary will compile all national environmental acts, regulations, guidelines and cases in a “bench” book to facilitate adjudication of environmental cases brought before the courts. The proposal to have such a compilation was made …
Chittagong Directorate of Environment has set August 18 for further hearing on oil leakage that occurred on July 30 at Kalurghat area adjacent to Karnaphuli river from derailed wagons carrying furnace oil for Dohajari power plant. General Manager from both Railway east and Dohajari Power plant appeared today’s hearing but …
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is holding a water adalat (court) of North-East-1 sub division on August 2 from 9.30am to 11am in the office of the Assistant Executive Engineer, Malleswaram-1 and 2 to settle the grievances connected to water billing, delay in giving water supply and …
Terming court's decision to summon Dow Chemicals in the Bhopal gas tragedy case as an "important step", Amnesty International today demanded that the company must acknowledge its responsibility towards the survivors of the 1984 industrial disaster. A district court here yesterday directed the authorities concerned to send summons to the …
A federal judge denied an attempt by BP Plc to suspend payments to people and businesses claiming damages related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, while an investigator looks into possible misconduct in the payout process. The payments are being made under a program set up under a …
A division bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) headed by Justice Ghulam Sarwar Korai issued notices to chief secretary, secretaries of Irrigation and Industries departments, DG EPA, MD KWSB and commissioner Hyderabad to appear in court over Keenjhar contamination. An NGO represented by Muhammad Irfan had approached the SHC seeking …
More than thirty people from Bikhar and Wungkhar villages in Drametse gewog, and those from Narang gewog, have started attending hearings on water disputes between the two gewogs in Mongar district court from July 8. Thirty-seven households of Bikhar and Wungkhar in Drametse, Mongar, lodged a complaint against people of …
Coal India (CIL) is planning to move court against the Madhya Pradesh government decision defining coal as a biological resource and warning of imposing a benefit-sharing levy on state-run coal companies, which the coal ministry has termed as “double taxation.” On January 11, the Madhya Pradesh government’s Biodiversity Board served …
The case was originally filed in 2004 Janki Bai Sahu, a survivor of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, who filed a case in a US court on behalf of herself and her family and sought damages from Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), has had her appeal petition dismissed on several grounds, …
Survivors of Bhopal Gas tragedy and various non-government organizations which are fighting for justice for the last several years have condemned the decision of US Federal court that dismissed the appeal filed by some of the victims including Janki Sahu. Sahu argues that the District Court took an unduly narrow …
The State contends that the setting up of a supervisory committee has become a futile exercise Contending that the setting up of a supervisory committee had become a futile exercise, the Tamil Nadu Government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court for a direction to the Centre to constitute the Cauvery …
The State government is planning to provide sugar and wheat to Above Poverty Line (APL) ration cardholders under the Public Distribution System (PDS), Food and Civil Supplies Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Monday. Rao told reporters that the department is working on details to supply wheat and sugar. If …
A court has rejected a demand that a city affected by the fallout of the country’s 2011 nuclear disaster evacuate its children. The unusual lawsuit was filed on behalf of the children by their parents and anti-nuclear activists in June 2011. The Sendai High Court handed down its ruling Thursday. …
Judgement of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Marico Limited Vs Adani Wilmar Ltd dated 18/04/2013 regarding disparagement of Saffola in television commercials and print advertisements issued by the defendant (Adani Wilmar Ltd) by making patently false, unsubstantiated and misleading claims and statements in respect of Fortune …
