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 …
GMR Infrastructure on Friday moved court in Singapore against the Maldives government’s recent decision to terminate its concession agreement to develop the Male international airport. GMR has sought an interim injunction on the government’s decision, contending that the termination of agreement cannot be called void and that interpretation of the …
A Supreme Administrative Court judge has recommended that a 2006 lower court decision holding the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) liable for creating air pollution be upheld. The judge delivered his opinion to the five-member chamber of the Supreme Administrative Court yesterday. The Foundation Against Air Pollution and for Protection …
Twenty-one conservation groups sent a letter to the Obama administration today, asking it to withdraw from a recent agreement with the timber industry that, if approved by a federal court, would eliminate protection from 3,887,800 acres of critical habitat for the marbled murrelet until 2018. The federally threatened murrelet — …
Polar bears' designation as a threatened species was challenged in a U.S. appeals court on Friday, with a lawyer for Alaska and other parties arguing that regulators had failed to back up the listing. Alaska and other plaintiffs that include hunters and the California Cattlemen's Association are appealing a federal …
New Delhi: Sajjan Jindalled JSW Steel said on Thursday that it might challenge the government in court over de-allocation of the Gourangdih ABC coal mine and insisted that the company has “not done anything wrong”. Seshagiri Rao, joint managing director at the country’s third-biggest steelmaker, said legal recourse is one …
Italian authorities have taken control of a cement plant belonging to Italcementi, the world's fifth-largest cement maker, over allegations of illegal toxic emissions, the company said on Thursday. The company has been given 10 days to finish updating its facilities to bring them in line with European Union regulations, during …
This paper suggests that vulnerable countries may benefit from considering strategies beyond the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol and highlights new proposals about reparations under international law. The study considers negotiations on loss and damage under the UNFCCC, dispute settlement under the UNFCCC or Kyoto Protocol, and international litigation. Then, …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday called for fast-track courts to hasten the settlement of land rights of tribals. Addressing the state revenue ministers’ conference on modernisation of land records, the minister said the issue of fast-track land courts would be taken up with the law ministry soon.
Demand to consider plea to write off loans Hundreds of endosulfan victims in the district are awaiting news from the State government which has, in principal, agreed to implement the relief and rehabilitation packages suggested by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Hopes were raised after the visit of the …
Environmentalists warn judges that damaging precedent will be set if large-scale limestone mining is permitted in Ojnare forest A landmark case that could affect the fate of forests across Sweden reaches its final stage today in the supreme court. Environmentalists have warned that a damaging precedent will be set if …
New Delhi: The inter-ministerial group mandated to review coal allocations in the wake of Coalgate may not be able to take a final decision on 29 coal blocks given to private firms when it meets on Wednesday. The group is expected to consider responses provided by private miners to queries …
The International Court of Arbitration has completed hearing closing arguments of India and Pakistan on the contentious Kishanganga Hydro-Electric Project (KHEP). The final award on the 300-MW hydro-power project on the Kishanganga river -- a tributary of Jhelum -- is expected in six months. It will then become clear whether …
Bowing to pressure following sustained television coverage of the Narmada Bachao Andolan’s ‘Jal Satyagraha’, the Madhya Pradesh government on Monday lowered the water level in the Omkareshwar reservoir to 189 m. As the NBA called off the agitation and hailed “people’s victory”, the government pointed out the move would deprive …
PROTECTING the air, let alone improving it, is a challenge. America was reminded of that last month, as courts handed federal regulators two setbacks in as many weeks. On August 13th a federal appeals court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had overstepped its authority in rejecting a plan …
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) directed its staff on Thursday to start an environmental review into the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel, following a court ruling that led the agency to stop issuing new reactor licenses. The NRC did not say when it would start issuing new reactor …
India and Pakistan have concluded their arguments in the dispute over the 330-MW hydro-electric project on Kishenganga, a tributary of the Jhelum in Jammu & Kashmir. Islamabad claimed that the project will harm its share of river waters while New Delhi asserted that it was contemplating such a project even …
New Delhi:Criticized for tardy probe progress coupled with acute shortage of officers to investigate cases, the CBI got a relief in National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam investigations as the Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a special court for all the health scheme fraud cases. The UP government issued anotification …
The sprawling ILVA steelworks has loomed over the skyline of Taranto and dominated the city's economy for 50 years, but toxic pollution has transformed the site from a symbol of postwar prosperity to an emblem of Italy's long industrial decline. Following years of uncontrolled environmental abuse, the future of the …
A parliamentary panel has come down heavily on the Union Government for imposing limitations on liability amount as well as the duration of the liability period under the proposed rules under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act. Noting that the limitations imposed under Rule 24 of theCLND were not …
T. Ramachandran, Thally MLA, and his brother T. Varadarajan were produced before the Hosur Judicial Magistrate II, K. Suresh Kumar on Saturday night at around 10.05 p.m. in connection with the illegal mining of granite in quarries at Uthanapalli near Hosur. Heavy loss On behalf of the police, R. Ramesh, …
