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 …
As an alternative to the ministry design, group outlines proposal for a more powerful authority Even as the ministry of environment met its March 31 deadline to submit a plan to the Supreme Court for a new environment regulator, a set of academics, activists and environmental lawyers have weighed in …
The three-member Supreme Court-appointed central empowerment committee (CEC) headed by Justice P V Jayakrishnan visited Keonjhar district on Wednesday. The panel members met the collector before heading for Thakurani iron ore block, belonging to Sarada Mines, at Barbil, about 70 km from here. Senior forest, mining and revenue officers accompanied …
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stop mining activities in Odisha as sought by NGO Common Cause. A special forest bench headed by justice AK Patnaik posted the matter for further hearing on March 24 after industry bodies, including Assocham, objected to passing of any interim order in this …
At a time when Goa and some other states are locked in legal battles in the Supreme Court to reduce the buffer zone around reserved forests and eco-sensitive areas from 10 to one kilometres, Environment and Forest Minister M Veerappa Moily has shown the way, by reducing it to just …
The Supreme Court has rejected Sesa Sterlite's plea seeking removal of ceiling of 25 million metric tonne (MT) and 5 MT imposed on annual production of iron ore from Tumkur and Chitradurga districts, respectively, in Karnataka. Stating that “such unscientific and illogical system of capping on iron ore production” in …
SAIL has not paid NPV for forest land coming within its Harmath iron and manganese mines under Keonjhar division The Union ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) has sought lease wise details of the net present value (NPV) realised from the miners for diversion of forest land in Odisha. The …
With Goa Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing around nine cases of illegal mining against various high profile persons including local politicians is likely to begin issuing summons to them from this week onwards. This is despite the SIT still awaiting a response from the government on its proposal for …
The judges asked the counsel for the industries to work out the mining quota within themselves and the government within the ceiling The iron and steel industry in Karnataka did not get the existing cap on mining output raised at Monday's hearing in the Supreme Court. The Bench, chaired by …
SC panel declines to endorse steel industry appeal for raising output cap on existing mines; says state govt should hasten lease approvals The ore-starved steel industry in Karnataka is unlikely to see higher supply in the near future. The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court (SC) has not …
The MoEF allowed the companies to continue operations despite their licences expiring The Supreme Court today stayed the Ministry of Environment and Forest letter, which virtually allowed mining companies whose licences in Odisha have expired to continue operations for two more years. The bench passed the order after senior counsel …
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court (SC) has recommended a time-bound completion of the re-allotment of 51 cancelled mines in Category C. The Karnataka government should file a detailed scheme in this regard for the approval of court, the CEC said in its report to the SC. …
A Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which is looking into the extent and value of illegal mining in Karnataka, has hit a roadblock in its investigations into over 60 'B' category mining leases, officials told this newspaper. A Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which is looking into the …
The government has marked the report as ‘secret’ The Supreme Court has ordered the Centre to file copies of the Justice Shah Commission report on illegal iron ore mining in Odisha. The government had marked the report as ‘secret’ and decided not to put it in public domain until it …
The Central Government has been asked by the Supreme Court to submit the Justice Shah Commission report on illegal mining in Odisha and Jharkhand to it by January 27. A green bench headed by Justice AK Patnaik also directed the government to provide a copy of the reports to Central …
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to place the Justice Shah Commission’s report on illegal mining in Odisha and Jharkhand before it by January 27. A green bench headed by Justice A.K. Patnaik also directed the Centre to provide a copy of the reports to Central Empowered Committee. …
The Supreme Court has refused to entertain steel ministry’s plea seeking relaxation of the limits of permissible production of mines currently functional in Karnataka. A three-judge forest bench headed by Justice AK Patnaik did not accept the plea of the ministry after an NGO from Karnataka raised objection saying the …
As only 19 mines have started iron ore production, supply still not sufficient to meet raw material requirement of steel industry The year 2014 is set to herald better days for the ore-starved steel industry in Karnataka. The Supreme Court appointed Monitoring Committee to oversee E-auction of iron ore in …
Sesa Sterlite resumed iron ore mining at Chitradurg in Karnataka on Monday, eight months after the Supreme Court cleared mining operations for ‘A’ and ‘B’ category mines in the southern state. The court-appointed monitoring committee had restricted production of iron ore by the company at an annual 2.4 million tonne. …
The Union Power and Coal Ministries have opposed a move by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to increase the compensation given for forest land diverted for construction and mining by over four times and want it to be rolled back to the present structure. The four-fold increase in …
Kerala government has been given one month time to submit a reply to the Supreme Court in a case pertaining to pollution caused by plywood manufacturing units in Vengola panchayat in Ernakulam district. The case was taken up by the apex court two days ago after it received a report …
