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 …
The farmers of the Bheema basin near Bijapur in Karnataka are in a jubilant mood. They have reasons to be happy. The Supreme Court recently admitted a public interest litigation (PIL), seeking to ensure supply of drinking water around the year. The court issued notices to the state government, Union …
A seminal judgment The bold principles enunciated by the government are backed by a study of the practicalities involved The Supreme Court has delivered a seminal judgment, banishing diesel buses off the streets of Delhi, albeit in a phased manner. The judgmentunambiguously demonstrates that where the executive fails in its …
Ever since the Supreme Court ordered non-cng (compressed natural gas) public vehicles off the road, Delhi commuters have been in the grip of a crisis. The Bhure Lal Committee's preference for cng won the day over the earlier Mashelkar Committee report, which recommended multiple fuels, including diesel, for Delhi. The …
On april 5, the Supreme Court finalised its order on the use of compressed natural gas (cng) buses in Delhi, ensured that an adequate supply of cng would be available to the transport sector, imposed fines on diesel bus operators who continued to flout the apex court's order and scheduled …
The apex court's latest order (Justices Kirpal, Khare and Bhan) in the compressed natural gas (cng) case is literally a whiff of fresh air. The court not only stands firm in its commitment to provide clean air to the residents of Delhi, despite persistent and determined attempts to derail the …
familiar scenes were witnessed in the recent courtroom drama on Delhi's polluting transport fleet, with key roles being enacted by the usual dramatis personae . But it ended on a different note. In a fitting finale, the Supreme Court (sc) brought the curtain down on the capital's diesel buses. It …
The Supreme Court ruling of April 5, 2002 is momentous. It moves away from the beaten track of issuing deadlines, expecting the government to think through and implement the cng order. This time the three Judge bench headed by Justice B N Kirpal has simply detailed out an implementation strategy …
The respondent No.7, who is admittedly a leader of national stature, a reputed Member of Parliament for years and a former Prime Minister of the country is accused of usurping about 600 acres of land in Village Bhondsi of the State of Haryana by manipulations and resort to exercise of …
PACKED off. A stunning US study has clinched the battle of evidence on what tiny particles in the air, mostly emitted by the combustion of fossil fuels do to human health. The industry had refused to admit the mounting scientific evidence that had emerged till now. But this study has …
FINE KILL The health effect of ULTRAFINE particles - smaller than 0.1 micron in diameter - on human health was never properly studied. Epidemiological studies done till now only linked the effects of these particles on respiratory diseases not death. A German study sponsored by the Health Effects Institute has …
A study shows that 7.5-10 per cent of males in Delhi suffer from various respiratory diseases. Another says that 10 per cent suffer from breathlessness and their lung function is way below the expected levels. One study from Bangalore records the shooting up of asthma in tune with vehicular population …
despite the closure of polluting units in its vicinity from December 31, 2001, the Taj continues to reel under the onslaught of suspended particulate matter (spm) and sulphur dioxide (so2). According to the latest data of the Archaeological Survey of India (asi), the spm was 286.3 microgrammes per cubic metre …
on march 14, 2002, the Supreme Court (sc) slapped an "exemplary damage' of Rs 10 lakh on Span Motels Private Limited (smpl), a resort in which former Union environment minister Kamal Nath's wife is a major shareholder, for causing environmental degradation by changing the course of Beas river. The judgement …
JHARKHAND. FOR most, the word conjures up the happy image of a fledgling state finding its feet. But for the indigenous people of Saranda it has come to signify an unending struggle to save their way of life and habitat. Worse still, the authorities solely blame the tribal communities for …
"THIS is the fifth time that the Union and state governments have come back to this court with the prayer that diesel buses be allowed. If this were a private party (instead of being the government), it would amount to abuse of process and the party would be made to …
In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled that the government has the right to ban the commercial killing of newborn harp and hooded seal pups, called bluebacks, during Canada's yearly hunt. Earlier the government's authority to prohibit the sale of blueback skin under the Fisheries Act's …
"WE are aware of the sad plight of most of our towns and cities. This needs to be changed if they have to act as engines of growth, and if they are to provide a healthy environment for our citizens. Hence, we can no longer afford to delay reforms in …
