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 …
AROUND 300 tonnes of toxic waste still lies unattended at the former factories of Union Carbide in Bhopal. Dow Chemicals, which now owns Union Carbide, the company responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, will spend £7 million on the 2012 London Olympics. The same company has refused to clean …
The Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian tribes in Oklahoma have filed a federal lawsuit to protect water rights they say derived from long-ago treaties and to prevent exports of water from their traditional homelands without their permission. The dispute had been simmering for more than a year, since the export of …
Detection of illegal iron-ore mining in Karnataka has led to developments that impinge on the sustained supply of the critical input to the steel-making industry. Industry sources in the Bellary-Hospet region told Business Line here that Karnataka supplies iron ore to several large-scale steel plants in the State and in …
The Karnataka Lokayukta, Mr Shivaraj Patil, today said he would act on the illegal mining report submitted by his predecessor and the Governor, Mr H.R. Bhardwaj's recommendation to initiate criminal proceedings against indicted former Chief Minister, Mr B.S. Yeddyurappa. “I have almost read the voluminous mining scam report. I will …
The Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka today has granted permission to hear a petition filed on imported agro chemicals that contain arsenic. The court granted permission for the petition, filed by the Center for Environmental Justice, seeking an investigation into the agro chemicals that contain arsenic and an order …
The state government is the process of establishing a tribunal and special courts to deal with cases pertaining to food adulteration. The state government’s move comes in wake of the new central Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006, replacing the existing Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. The Act comes into …
Indian wind turbine company Suzlon Energy Ltd. will pay a $490,000 penalty for pollution violations in the U.S. over a period of four quarters, starting from the current quarter, the company said Friday. "This refers to a 2008 issue at our subsidiary Suzlon Rotor Corp., a Pipestone-based manufacturing facility," the …
A civil court has issued notices to the Deputy Commissioner and the Municipal Corporation after taking note of a petition that alleged mismanagement of paid parking lots in the city. It was part of two petitions that had came up for hearing before the Court of Pritpal Singh, Civil Judge. …
A federal court further limited lawsuits seeking damages from the Tennessee Valley Authority for its huge spill of toxin-laden coal ash, but the judge ruled that claims related to property damages and reduced property values would to go to trial. The lawsuits involve a dam collapse that spilled 5.4 million …
A Delhi court has ordered the Deputy Conservator of Forests to ensure that the trees that were felled in the Qutabgarh City Forest in May 2009. Around 15 per cent of trees of the 27.77-hectare forest were uprooted in 2009 due to a disagreement over bills between the Forest department …
A trial court has asked the anti-corruption branch to register an FIR against some Delhi Jal Board(DJB)officialson thebasisof a complaint. It alleges that certain officials, in connivance with a private firm, caused a loss of Rs 170 crore to the state exchequer in connection with the Sonia Vihar water treatment …
Hearing of a petition on controversial Kishan Ganga Dam is likely to be held before the end of July at International Court of Arbitration (ICA) in Hague (Holland). Violation of Indus Water Treaty (IWT) 1960 by India is to be reviewed at the hearing. At an extra-ordinary meeting of Senate
A jury in Maryland awarded plaintiffs suing oil company Exxon Mobil about $1.5 billion for a 2006 leak at a gasoline station, according to court documents. Verdicts released by the Baltimore County Circuit Court on Friday showed the jury awarded the 160 plaintiffs in the case against the oil company …
It is a legal victory with ramifications beyond small English town South Tyneside, where the local government claims Twitter released information about the tweeter who allegedly made libellous statements. The South Tyneside Council petitioned a court in California, US, to identify the user of the site after three councillors and …
The United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Tuesday overturned a lower court ruling that would have significantly restricted withdrawals from Lake Lanier, the main source of water for metro Atlanta, starting next year. The United States Army Corps of Engineers must decide whether Atlanta can get …
Bangladesh will get about Tk106 million (US$1.44 million) compensation from Canadian company Niko Resources Ltd for Tengratila twin gas blowout in Sunamganj in 2005. Niko is expected to pay the compensation by next month of July (within 30 days) following a verdict by a Canadian court, on June 24. Meanwhile, …
An analysis of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and its interpretation by the courts shows that the holder or tenant of the land has suffered in major ways. It gives the government complete power to acquire land for any “public purpose” while the courts have virtually adopted a handsoff attitude …
Apex court on Tuesday proposed the parties involved in Reko Diq case to handle the matter of mining lease of the contract with mutual consent and inform the court on Wednesday (today). A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was hearing identical constitutional petitions filed by Advocate …
MUMBAI: The central hall at St Xavier's College had a packed audience on Thursday, the first day of the 'people's tribunal on the safety, viability and cost efficiency of nuclear energy'. Environmental activists, researchers, project-affected persons and retired navy personnel deposed before the tribunal headed by A P Shah, former …
