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 …
Action taken report submitted by the Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Kerala in OA No 71 of 2021 (SZ)(SUO MOTU Vs The Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram and Ors) dated 16/02/2022. The report informed the court that there was a furnace oil spillage in Travancore Titanium Products Limited (TTPL) on …
Argument note by applicant in Original Application No 265 of 2017 (Southern Zone) in the matter of N. G. Soman Nenjammalil Vs Bharath Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Kochi & Others. The applicant (N. G. Soman) said that Bharath Petroleum Corporation, Kochi commissioned the plant without complying with the EC conditions. There …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Koshy Samuel Vs State of Kerala dated 24/01/2022. Grievance in the application is regarding Konuthupuzha River which is in Tripunithura District and requires immediate attention to resolve the issues of flooding of the adjacent area by the river due to …
The impacts of climate variability, climate change, and extreme events are visible globally and in India. The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 ranks India seventh, considering the extent to which India has been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heatwaves, etc.). The index signals that repercussions …
Report filed by the Environmental Engineer, Kerala State Pollution Control Board, District Office, Thrissur in Application No. 20 of 2016 (Southern Zone). The matter related to pollution of groundwater due to the operation of electroplating units, Edakkunni, Thrissur district, Kerala. The Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) informed …
Status report of bio mining legacy waste at Kureepuzha, Kollam, Kerala filed by the Kollam Municipal Corporation to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). On March, 2, 2021 a team from NIT Calicut has conducted the drone-based survey for assessing the entire quantity of legacy waste at Kureepuzha and the report …
Objections filed by M/s Royal Sand and Gravels Pvt. Ltd. (Palakkad, Kerala) to the report and status report of the work done by the Joint Committee dated 29/10/2021. The quarry site, in order to be readied for commencing quarrying operations had to be cleared of all over burden/topsoil from the …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of 'In Re: Alarming newspaper report regarding Kanwar Yatra in state of Uttar Pradesh' dated 20/07/2021. The SC was apprised of certain news articles on the alarming situation taking place in Kerala as a result of Bakrid celebrations. The SC …
Order of the Kerala High Court in the matter of W.P. (C) No. 13204 of 2021 dated 14/07/2021. The matter related to care of animals in Kerala. The High Court directed the Kerala government to immediately take down public notices put up by the local authorities asking people not to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item published in The Hindu, dated 29.05.2021 titled “Night, early morning trains cause most elephant deaths” dated 08/07/2021. The NGT directed the Central Monitoring Committee constituted by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) dealing with …
Interim order passed by the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Kerala Private Hospitals Association Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 07/07/2021. The matter related to supply of oxygen to private hospitals in Kerala and directions to stop the suppliers of oxygen from increasing the price of …
Order of the Kerala High Court in the matter of W.P.(C) No.11886 of 2021 dated 08/06/2021. This writ petition is one filed by Trivandrum Chamber of Commerce and Industry along with its President seeking a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents as well as law enforcement agencies including Police to …
Judgement of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Dr. Jayaprasad Karunakaran Vs Ministry of Ayush & Others dated 02/06/2021. The matter related to Homoeopathic practitioners treating Covid-19 patients. The petitioner (Dr. Jayaprasad Karunakaran), a homoeopathic practitioner in Thiruvananthapuram was informed by the officials of the State Health …
Report filed by the Environmental Engineer, Kerala State Pollution Control Board regarding biomedical waste management in Kerala in the matter of 'The Tribunal on its motion on the implementation of the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 in Kerala' Vs The State of Kerala & Others. The issue was of dumping …
Report filed by the Additional Chief Secretary to Kerala government in the matter of Shibu Manuel Vs Kerala State Pollution Control Board & Others dated 03/03/2021. The matter related to steps to control the pollution of river Periyar. The report mentioned that the Committee constituted for the purpose had taken …
Climate change is a threat to all livelihoods. However, people engaged in agriculture, particularly women, are disproportionately burdened by the vagaries of climate. As a consequence, existing gender inequalities in agriculture are likely to widen. This paper examines gender issues in Indian agriculture with respect to climate change and identifies …
An Ordinance to consolidate and to unify the existing laws relating to public health in the State of Kerala and to provide for the enhancement of administration of Public Health in the State of Kerala and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Report filed by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board, Senior Environmental Engineer, Environmental Surveillance Centre, Eloor, Ernakulam dated 22/02/2021. The report was the assessment of efficiency of the ETP/CETP and ZLD implementation in the industrial clusters of Greater Kochi along the banks of river Periyar. The Committee report was on …
Order of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Dr. Vasundhara Menon & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/02/2021. The matter related to ban on the use of compostable plastic in Kerala. The Kerala government issued orders - banning the manufacture, stocking and sale of …
An Ordinance further to amend the Kerala Agricultural Workers’ Act, 1974. The Kerala Agricultural Workers’ (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (7 of 2020) was promulgated by the Governor of Kerala on the 16th day of January, 2020. A Bill to replace the said Ordinance by an Act of the State Legislature could …
