Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
In a relief for the mining industry, the Supreme Court today proposed resumption of operations in 45 iron ore mining leases in Karnataka, provided they abide by the Reclamation and Rehabilitation (R&R;) plan put in place. This follows a recommendation from the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) investigating illegal …
New Delhi: While former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa may have come under the scanner of Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee (CEC) in two specific cases of making financial gain from miners, the entire case of illegal mining in the state and the wealth stolen could end with a …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s environment panel on Friday recommended a CBI probe into alleged land transfer and other concessions by former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa to a mining company which helped his relatives reap “windfall profits”. The central empowered committee indicted Yeddyurappa, his two sons and son-in-law …
Proposes allowing one category of 45 lessees for now, with strict riders including approved R&R; plan in line with earlier guidelines; more stringency for others The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) appointed by the Supreme Court to probe illegal mining in Karnataka has recommended restarting of operations in one of the …
Panel will recommend if CBI should probe money transfer to trusts run by ex-CM’s kin All eyes will be on the Central Empowered Committee (CEC), appointed by the Supreme Court, with the panel set to submit a crucial report on Friday, on its decision on whether the transfer of money …
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC), appointed by the Supreme Court to inquire into illegal mining and related cases in Karnataka, is likely to give its final report to the apex court tomorrow. The report would cover three cases relating to JSW Steel, Adani Enterprises and former chief minister B S …
The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which is inquiring into cases pertaining to illegal mining in the State, will submit its report in two important cases on April 19. The CEC, which recommended investigation “in public interest” of a case involving two real estates firms owned by the former …
Industry wants quick SC intervention as the only alternative for survival Seven months after the Supreme Court issued a detailed corrective plan for rampant illegal mining in Karnataka, until recently the iron ore hub of India, the viability of the Rs 45,000-crore steel industry in the southern state remains in …
After a delay of four years over environmental clearances, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has come up with a new solution to widen India’s longest highway NH 7 through Pench Tiger Reserve. NHAI would provide 13 underpasses for animals over a stretch of 9 kilometres and reduce the standard …
Transportation of illegal minerals in Haryana also stopped The Supreme Court on Monday stopped illegal mining in the villages of Kota, Gangani, Sarai, Mohammadpur and Kharag Jalalpur in Mewat district of Haryana, taking note of the report submitted by the Central Empowered Committee about large-scale illegal mining taking place in …
New Delhi: Ravage of ecosensitive Aravali hills for stones and construction material continues, despite the Supreme Court’s omnibus ban on mining and non-forest activity, the central empowered committee said in its report to the apex court on Monday. The CEC, which conducted an inspection on the apex court’s March 12 …
New Delhi: The bang with which the Karnataka mining scam came to the fore, dethroning B S Yeddyurrapa as CM in its wake, could soon end in a whimper, if the Supreme Court’s Centrally Empowered Committee’s (CEC) recommendations are accepted. The Karnataka Lokayukta had in its report noted that the …
The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on Thursday reiterated its stand that no new mining leases should be granted in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts unless rehabilitation plans for the existing leases were executed. The committee also maintained that the combined iron ore production from the mines should not …
Wilting under pressure from the Centre and after constant raps by the Supreme Court, the state government has now put a step forward in stopping illegal mining. A special 1000-member team, to be christened Mining Protection Force, will be set up to curb illegal mining in the state. The state …
Samaja Parivarthana Samudaya (SPS), the NGO which brought the large-scale illegal mining in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka out into the open, has approached the Supreme Court seeking directions for scrapping of all mining leases in Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur districts. SPS also sought a CBI probe into the criminal conspiracy …
Committee submits to apex court reclamation and rehabilitation plans The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on Wednesday recommended a 10-year prohibition in mining operations in Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur districts, areas under the illegal extraction of natural resources in Karnataka. In its supplementary report before the apex court, the …
The postponement of the Supreme Court verdict on illegal mining in Karnataka has put steel producers in a quandary. Most of the steel companies in the State have already cut production because only low-grade iron ore is available from the e-auctions of the Metal Scrap Trading Company. The Supreme Court …
In a clear message to the Centre, the State government, toeing the line of the BJP central leadership, has decided to keep the CBI out of the State’s boundary as far as the investigations into illegal mining is concerned. Speaking to Deccan Herald, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said: …
Steel industry says its operations may come to a halt within two months if SC does not approve resumption of regular mining The scarcity of iron ore is set to worsen in Karnataka in the next one or two months, as the ore sold through electronic auctions (e-auctions) is depleting …
City-based environmental activists has filed a complaint against the timber mafia before the Supreme Court Empowered Committee (CEC) on Monday. They are seeking a ban on the indiscriminate felling of trees like Neem that are in the exempted list. In their petition, the activists asked the CEC to direct the …
