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 …
auto drivers in Delhi are on a high. They think that the Supreme Court’s ruling of September 17 that gives them the option of using clean petrol is a great reprieve from long queues for compressed natural gas (cng). They are also angry and want to sue the Delhi government …
The Supreme Court had specifically asked Environ ment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (epca) to examine if “low sulphur diesel can be regarded as clean fuel” ... “as also to indicate as to which fuel can be regarded as a clean fuel, which does not cause pollution or is otherwise …
Epca ’s report on Clean Fuels, which it submitted to the Supreme Court in early July 2001, argues that no hydrocarbon fuel can be specified as a “clean fuel” which does not cause pollution or is not otherwise injurious to health. But instead, it defined a category of fuels called …
Three years ago (July 28, 1998), the Supreme Court (sc) ruled that the total passenger bus fleet of Delhi be increased from the then figure of about 6,000 to 10,000 by April 1, 2001 and the entire city bus fleet be converted to cng . The objective was to expand …
WHO WANTS WHAT ? AGENCY/PERSON RECOMMENDATION Ministry of Petroleum and natural gas(MPNG) 500 ppm sulphur diesel in combination with Euro 11engine technology Oil companies the quality of fuel in teh national capital region (NCR) is comparable with best in the world.500 ppm sulphur diesel is clean fuel Society of Indian …
the devotion of millions of people to lord Jagannath may have cleansed their souls, but it has left the Puri city dirty and filthy. Despite the city being the most revenue-fetching tourist centre, the state government has shown little interest in its management. Acknowledging the severe pollution menace, the Supreme …
The Supreme Court of India has asked the Union government to provide information about the status of the anti-tobacco bill. These directions were given in response to a petition filed by Women Action Research and Legal Aid for Women, a non-governmental organisation (NGO). The NGO's counsel Rani Jethmalani said that …
The ministry of petroleum has cleverly reduced air pollution control to a high school debate on compressed natural gas (cng) versus diesel. During the recent meeting with prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, the Union government dismissed the plea for an ordinance to override the Supreme Court orders to convert Delhi's …
just as the Supreme Court's deadline for converting Delhi's public transport system to compressed natural gas (cng) mode is getting closer, Ram Naik, Union minister for petroleum and natural gas (mopng), is raising uncertainties in the consumer's mind regarding the viability of the ecofriendly fuel. A flurry of statements by …
The Supreme Court of Nepal has issued a mandamus to the government for controlling the quality of the water resources and setting standards for curbing pollution. The court's decision comes a year after a writ petition was filed by Bhoj Raj Ayer of Pro-Public, a grassroots organisation, alleging that the …
The Supreme Court has directed six drought-prone states to reopen closed public distribution shops. The court's directive was given in response to a lawsuit filed by the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), which cited incidents of starvation deaths despite the storehouses of Food Corporation of India (FCI) overflowing with …
The Supreme Court of India has asked the Union ministry of environment and forests to approve a project report on a common effluent treatment plant for a new leather tannery complex to come up outside Kolkata. The court will monitor the progress of the project.
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the People's Union for Civil Liberties Vs Union of India & Ors dated 23/07/2001 regarding the issue of food security in India. In their Order the SC judges noted that "In our opinion, what is of utmost importance is to see that …
The current emission standards and safety measures for conversion of in-use vehicles to CNG are extremely lax. The emission standards only require the vehicles to meet the equivalent standards for diesel and petrol vehicles in force in the year of manufacture. This means that a pre-1996 vehicle after being converted …
Report on clean fuels in response to the Hon’ble Supreme Court order dated March 26, 2001 & April 27,2001 (In the matter of W.P.(C) No.13029 of 1985; M.C. Mehta v/s UOI & others).
The Supreme Court of India has directed the chief secretaries of the seven north-eastern states to file reports about the action taken against officials responsible for illegal felling of trees and transportation of timber outside the region. Large-scale felling of trees has destroyed many forests of the region. The court …
the Delhi government's recent drive to clean up the Yamuna was an unexplained ritual, more to create drama than to serve any real purpose. Citizens were called upon to clean the sewer river, while 18 sewage lines continued to pump waste into the capital's lifeline. "This is a first-ever programme …
the Supreme Court ( sc ) of India has dropped contempt charges against P S Bhatnagar, the chief secretary of Delhi, and S P Agarwal, commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi ( mcd ). They were charged by the court for not adhering to its orders to close down …
